Exam Essay 2: Chinese & Filipinos in Italy

ETHN 114: ESSAY QUESTION (40 points) (500 words min., typed, single-spaced)

Please answer ALL these short essays for the essay part of your exam.

 ESSAY: Analyzing Italian and Filipino migration to Italy.

According to classic “push-pull” theory of immigration, there are “push” forces that coerce people to leave their country of origin, and there are also “pull” forces that attract people to their country of destination. Examples of push forces are war, civil unrest, famine and poverty; pull forces are better economic opportunities, political stability (no war), and a prosperous society. In the case of Chinese and Filipinos, they ended up occupying different labor sectors in Italy.

PART 1 (20 points). Chinese in Italy

Explain how the Chinese in Italy ended up working in their particular labor sector.

(A) What was the social and economic context of Chinese migration to Italy? What pushed them out of China and pulled them into Italy? (B) How and why did they end up in their particular labor sector in Italy instead of Italians?

*In your answer, make sure you also include at least 2 QUOTES (each quote must NOT be longer than three lines) from the Ceccagno readings (“New Chinese Immigrants in Italy”) with the accompanying page number where you got your quote. 

PART 2 (20 points). Filipinos in Italy

Explain how Filipinos in Italy ended up working in their particular labor sector. (C) What was the social and economic context of Filipino migration to Italy? What pushed them out of the Philippines and pulled them to Italy? (D) How and why did they end up in their particular labor sector in Italy instead of Italians? 

*In your answer, make sure you also include at least 2 QUOTES (each quote must NOT be longer than three lines) from the Parennas readings (Servants of Globalization) with the accompanying page number where you got your quote.

 FORMAT

*For the entire essay, 500 words minimum, but NOT longer than 800 words.

TYPED and SINGLE-SPACED. Write in complete and coherent sentences—I do not want to see bullet points or “notes.”

Indicate which section in your essay is (A), (B), (C) and (D). Do a word count on your word processor and write the number of words in your essay.

Professor will collect the essays in the beginning of class.

Do NOT put your NAME in the front page—put your name in the BACK of the last page so I cannot see your name unless I turn the page over. 

DUE: At the assigned date given by the professor.

Good luck with the essay.

Dr. Sobredo