Unframing and Reframing Mediterranean Spaces and Identities - (Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean) (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book aims to fill crucial temporal and disciplinary gaps in the field of Mediterranean Studies to provide a more cohesive study of the area, honing on interdisciplinary and contemporary perspectives to address the necessity of redefining the Mediterranean space.

Book Synopsis

Reconsidering the Mediterranean, appreciating and demarginalizing the peoples and cultures of this vast region, while considering the affinities and differences, is a valuable part of the process of unframing and reframing the concept of the Mediterranean. The authors of this volume follow Franco Cassano's refusal of a sort of prêt-à-porter reality of cohabitation of cultures, introducing instead un'alternativa mediterranea, a world of multiple cultures that entails an ongoing learning and experiencing. The volume's contributors use an interdisciplinary approach that mirrors the hybridity of the area and of the discipline, that is much more introspective and humanistic, more contemporary and inclusive.

About the Author

Giovanna Summerfield, Ph.D. (2004), is Professor of Italian and French at Auburn University. She has published extensively on French and Italian literature, women's studies, and Mediterranean studies. She serves as editor of Italica and co-editor of I.S. Med. - Interdisciplinary Studies on the Mediterranean.

Rosario Pollicino, Ph.D. (2019), is Instructor of Italian Studies at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He has published on Italian colonialism, transnational Italy and Mediterranean studies. He serves as co-editor of I.S. Med. - Interdisciplinary Studies on the Mediterranean.

Contributors are: Antonio Cecere, Jessica Boll, Stefania Licata, Filomena Viviana Tagliaferri, Valentina Grasso, Sherine Hafez, Roberta Cauchi-Santoro, Elena Frasca, Marco Pioli, Maria Sorbello, Giuseppe Serrantino, Samuel Boscarello, Elena Serina.