Culture creole. Imprenditrici straniere a Milano

Foreign women are often victims of stereotypes that label them as conservative and submissive or, on the contrary, as emancipated and rebels. Moreover, in the industrialized countries, they are only seen as prisoners in the domestic sphere, like domestics or carers, or, on the other side, as prostitutes. This book, however, wants to inquire into this female world with different prospective. The author has investigated a little pool of foreign women in Milan that, by themselves, have started micro-enterprises in the field of fashion and food. Through the collection of 'life stories' of some entrepreneurs, the author has been reconstructed very articulate and professional migration patterns show an interesting interplay between tradition and modernity. Exactly the same activities that have always characterized the subordination of the female gender (like cooking, sewing, e.g.) become pathways to independence rethinking traditional knowledge and skills.