| A Place in the Sun: Africa in Italian Colonial Culture from Post-Unification to the Present Contributor(s): Palumbo, Patrizia (Editor), Del Boca, Angelo (Contribution by), Barrera, Giulia (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0520232348 ISBN-13: 9780520232341 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: "This impressive volume succeeds in bringing Italian colonialism into the space of today's most important debates regarding colonialism and multiculturalism."--Graziela Parati, author of "Mediterranean Crossroads "A significant collection that really has no equal to date. The essays in this volume investigate profoundly the relationship between Italian colonialism and Italian society, past and present."--Anthony Tamburri, author of "A Semiotic of Rereading
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Italy - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2003005685 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.96" W x 9.24" (1.22 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Given the centrality of Africa to Italy's national identity, a thorough study of Italian colonial history and culture has been long overdue. Two important developments, the growth of postcolonial studies and the controversy surrounding immigration from Africa to the Italian peninsula, have made it clear that the discussion of Italy's colonial past is essential to any understanding of the history and construction of the nation. This collection, the first to gather articles by the most-respected scholars in Italian colonial studies, highlights the ways in which colonial discourse has pervaded Italian culture from the post-unification period to the present. During the Risorgimento, Africa was invoked as a limb of a proudly resuscitated Imperial Rome. During the Fascist era, imperialistic politics were crucial in shaping both domestic and international perceptions of the Italian nation. These contributors offer compelling essays on decolonization, exoticism, fascist and liberal politics, anthropology, and historiography, not to mention popular literature, feminist studies, cinema, and children's literature. Because the Italian colonial past has had huge repercussions, not only in Italy and in the former colonies but also in other countries not directly involved, scholars in many areas will welcome this broad and insightful panorama of Italian colonial culture. |