Studia Polensia, Vol. 9 No. 1, 2020.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.32728/studpol/2020.09.01.07
Laura Campanale
; ITT Mazzotti – Treviso
Abstract
The present contribution focuses on seasonal migrations from the
Venetian mountains to the territories of the Middle-East Europe. In mid-
1800, a qualified group of seasonal migrants emigrated, especially from
“Bellunese” to Eastern Europe; and were employed during the winter season
for the construction of roads and railways or for woodcutting jobs. During
the summer months, a large number of itinerant candy sellers joined this
flow of emigration, to which the sale of ice cream subsequently took over.
A trace of both of these flows of migration still remains in the documented
oral accounts of Venetian ice-cream makers, to which they referred to as
a unique and still active form of seasonal emigration, which have been
practiced by the entire Northern-Veneto valley since 1880. First of all, they
went to Vienna and to the neighboring territories of the Hapsburg Empire,
then throughout Europe, especially in Germany immediately after the II°
world war. This material was abstracted from my doctorate thesis entitled
I gelatieri veneti in Germania. Un’indagine sociolinguistica (Venetian icecream
makers in Germany: A sociolinguistic analysis) and published in 2006
by Peter Lang (Frankfurt). It is based on both qualitative and quantitative
investigation. Furthermore, thanks to the authentic testimonies, it will be
possible to take a “journey” down the memory lane of mountain valleys,
that is dedicated to the seasonal craft emigration.
Keywords
Veneto; Middle-East Europe; seasonal migration; historical professions; oral memory
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Publication date:
24.11.2020.
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