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, Agnes Peysson-Zeiss, Ipek Celik
Rappas, Alison Rice, Rania Said
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