TY - EJOUR AU - Laura Marchesano T1 - Alla ricerca di una moglie. Celibato rurale e migrazioni matrimoniali TT - AB - From the end of the Second World War to the first haf of the Seventies, Italy went through a period marked by deep economic changes. Behind the transformation from a mainly rural to an industrial country, many social problems can be identified, including the increase in celibacy rates in the rural areas of northern Italy. Through a case study, this cle will show the relationship between the spreading of celibacy status in these regions and the arrival of women from the South of the country, who migrated to the North in order to marry: thanks to specific marriage mediation practices, such female immigration allowed the reactivation of the biological and social reproductive cycles of peasant families and households. AD - CY - Bologna DO - 10.1473/stor85