The Red Door

Blood and soil between Italy and Pakistan

Authors

  • Lorenzo Rinelli Temple University Rome

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35994/rhr.v11i1.291

Keywords:

Agri-food, Citizenship, Gender, Immigration, Made-in-Italy, Race

Abstract

 This article advances the assertion that in Italy, the transition from economic citizenship to social and political citizenship remains unresolved. By employing a critical legal studies approach, I intend to discuss the social dysfunctions of the current Italian citizenship law by going back to the tragic fate of Saman Abbas and the dynamics of isolation and marginalization of migrant communities in the multimillion-dollar agri-food Italian industry. This move entails a historical and legal excursus on Italian migration dynamics that close in on recent attempts to attune citizenship laws to Italian society in the context of contemporary global capitalism.

Author Biography

Lorenzo Rinelli, Temple University Rome

Lorenzo Rinelli is currently associated with the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and several US academic programs in Italy designing and teaching various courses with particular focus on Postcolonial theory, Race and Identity in Europe, European Migration Politics and Mediterranean Geopolitics. Rinelli’s monograph entitled African Migrants and Europe: Managing the ultimate frontier has been published by Routledge for the African Politics and International Relation Series. His latest book, Interrupted Flows, 2019 Temple University Press, include text and images, some from his enduring archive as a photographer.

Additional Files

Published

2025-05-20

How to Cite

Rinelli, L. (2025). The Red Door: Blood and soil between Italy and Pakistan. Review of Human Rights, 11(1), 30–54. https://doi.org/10.35994/rhr.v11i1.291

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2025): Review of Human Rights

Section

Articles

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