This collection of essays on Trans-Mediterranean Francospheres
offers an original examination of cultural production and the flows
between urban capitals and “capital” in and of a selection of
Mediterranean cities and sites. In three parts, the book covers
both familiar and overlooked terrain, in chapters which examine
writing the city, the transit between different poles, film and EU
designated cultural capitals. The collection therefore brings
together texts and their critical readings in new comparative ways.
Following Jacques Derrida’s peregrinations in L’Autre Cap
(1991), the volume interrogates the what of Europe; the when or
where of Paris; the who of the Mediterranean. Or might the
Mediterranean fall under the rubric of paleonomy, that is, as
Michael Naas recalls Derrida’s words in Positions: “the
‘strategic’ necessity that requires the occasional maintenance
of an old name in order to launch a new concept.” Taking this
forward, we understand the Mediterranean as an old name to launch a
new concept and the essays in the book each reflect on this in
different ways. Issues concerning identity are challenged, since a
Metropolitan, European, Arab or African identity may be preferred
over a Mediterranean one. As borders become reinforced in the
region, trans-Mediterranean bridging narratives may be thwarted,
especially by those who write across Europe, Africa and the Middle
East, in the face of the contemporary refugee crisis. Finally,
chapters explore what it means to define a Mediterranean
city—such as Marseille as European Capital of Culture—and
interrogate how this feeds into the cultural production of a city
whose multi-ethnic identities are as outward-looking towards North
Africa as they are inward towards the French capital. Contributors:
Silvia Baage, Marzia Caporale, Angela Giovanangeli, Mark Ingram,
Christa Jones, Gemma King, Claire Launchbury, Megan C. MacDonald,
Agnès Peysson-Zeiss, Ipek Çelik Rappas, Alison Rice, Rania Said
General
| Imprint: |
Liverpool University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| Editors: |
Claire Launchbury
• Megan C. MacDonald
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-83764-420-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-83764-420-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781837644209 |
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