%0 Journal Article %T Aqu¨¦m e al¨¦m-mar: imigrantes e cidades Within and beyond the sea: immigrants and cities %A Ana Lucia Duarte Lanna %J Varia Historia %D 2012 %I Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais %X O objetivo central deste artigo ¨¦ problematizar a quest o da imigra o para as cidades refletindo sobre a tem¨¢tica dos deslocamentos, que articula lugar de origem e acolhimento. A pesquisa se fez a partir da migra o de italianos que ocuparam e constru¨ªram o bairro do Bexiga em S o Paulo. Para tanto, procuramos refletir sobre as motiva es da imigra o, as condi es de vida na It¨¢lia e no Brasil e as constru es de redes de sociabilidade e pertencimento que viabilizaram o ato migrat¨®rio. The aim of this paper is to discuss the issue of immigration to the cities reflecting on the theme of displacement, combining place of origin and host. The research was done from the migration of italians who had occupied and built the neighborhood of Bexiga in Sao Paulo. To this end, we reflect on the motivations for immigration, living conditions in Italy and Brazil and the construction of sociability and belonging that made possible the immigration act. %K imigra o %K cidade %K deslocamentos %K immigration %K city %K displacement %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-87752012000200018