Italian and Italian American Studies: Words, Sounds, and Images of the Post-Cold War Era

Bouchard, N.; Ferme, V.

The Mediterranean has always loomed large in the history and culture of Italy, and since the 1980s this relationship has been represented in ever more varied forms as both national and regional identities have evolved within a globalized context. This interdisciplinary volume puts Italian artists (writers, musicians, and filmmakers) and intellectuals (philosophers, sociologists, and political scientists) in conversation with each other to explore Italy's Mediterranean identity while questioning the boundaries between Self and Other, and between native and foreign bodies. By moving beyond nation-centric models of cultural and ethnic homogeneity based on myths of progress and rationality, these wide-ranging contributions fashion new ways of belonging that transcend the cultural, economic, religious, and social categories that have characterized post Cold War Italy and Europe.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-09-16

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349465705

DOI: 10.1057/9781137343468

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 319