Interrupted Narratives and Intersectional Representations in Italian Postcolonial Literature (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

This book argues for the importance of adopting a postcolonial perspective in analysing contemporary Italian culture and literature. Originally published in Italian in 2018 as Riscrivere la nazione: La letteratura italiana postcoloniale, this new English translation brings to light the connections between the present, the colonial past and the great historical waves of international and intranational migration. By doing so, the book shows how a sense of Italian national identity emerged, at least in part, as the result of different migrations and why there is such a strong resistance in Italy to extending the privilege of italianita, or Italianness, to those who have arrived on Italian soil in recent years. Exploring over 100 texts written by migrant and second-generation writers, the book takes an intersectional approach to understanding gender and race in Italian identity. It connects these literary and cultural contexts to the Italian colonial past, while also looking outwards to a more diffuse postcolonial condition in Europe.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Italian and Italian American Studies
Release date:	2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Caterina Romeo
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	282
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-110042-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > History > European history > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-110042-5
Barcode:	9783031100420

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