Analysing the post-1990 Albanian migration to Italy, this text is a study of one of Europe's newest, most dramatic yet least understood migrations. It explores

This is the first major book on Albanian migration, the most significant East-West migration since the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Prevented from leaving their

Includes statistics.

"This academic and personal journey into Albania's post-communist society examines the links between internal and international migration in one of Europe's poo

How do migrants express and imagine themselves through musical practice? How does music help them to construct social imaginaries and to cope with longings and