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9. alessandrino borghetto, next to the alessandrino aqueduct; the angeli borghetto,
joined to the Villa Certosa; and the borghetto of marranella.
10. by “Casilino territory,” i mean the area along the Via Casilina that in ancient times was
called “ad Duas lauros,” once a property of the emperor Constantine, which today is part
of the old Roman Campagna measuring about 140 ha; here, in addition to the archaeological
remains that i have mentioned, is a 12-ha public park called Villa de sanctis, the Centocelle
park, and many private plots with abandoned farmhouses.
11. il pigneto is a historic Roman suburb next to torpignattara, well known in the latter
area because in the past 10 years it has undergone a considerable amount of gentrification, al-
ready studied by sociologists, town planners, and anthropologists; see annunziata (2008, 2011)
and scandurra (2007).
12. i have written elsewhere about the commercial activities of bangladeshis in torpignat-
tara and the relationship between old and new residents (broccolini 2009). according to a
mapping of commercial activities that i carried out in 2007, about 25 percent of the shops in
the banglatown area are run by bangladeshis.
13. This school has for years been at the center of controversy and political debate because
of its high percentage of immigrants' children. for further details, see Vereni, chapter 6.
14. a spontaneous and nonpolitical association of original residents, formed in 1996.
15. This was a criminal group that was generally supposed to have risen from the ashes of
the more famous “magliana gang,” who went in for robbery, loans at extortionate rates, and
drug-dealing.
16. e. Ranalletta, “Dopo l'omicidio di Via Niutta, imponente corteo contro il razzismo,”
Vi aVai , may 2 007.”
17. in april 2009, a bengali boy was robbed and beaten up in torpignattara by italians
(“Raid razzista contro un bengalese a tor pignattara” [Racist attack on a bengali at tor pig-
nattara] 1 april 2009, www.abitareaRome.it [accessed 20 January 2011]). in march 2010, some
bangladeshi boys were attacked in the same area by about 20 young italians (“aggressione
razzista a torpignattara” [Racial attack in torpignattara], 29 march 2010, www.abitareaRome
.net [accessed 20 January 2011]).
18. The article reports data from research carried out by the sociologist stefania Della
Cueva of the Catholic university of milan. J. meletti, “Gang, palazzi ghetto e poco lavoro. la
mappa delle banlieue d'italia,” La Repubblica, 12 may 2010.
19. in some cases, i have used a pseudonym for my bangladeshi interlocutors.
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