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The horn of Africa and Italy : colonial, postcolonial and transnational cultural encounters /

This multidisciplinary volume analyses key themes and topics related to the cultural encounters between Italy and its former colonies in the Horn of Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia). The multi-faceted relations between the Horn of Africa and Italy were initiated during the colonial period but...

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Group Author: Brioni, Simone; Gulema, Shimelis Bonsa
Published: Peter Lang,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: New comparative criticism,
Subjects:
Intercultural communication > Horn of Africa
Intercultural communication > Italy
Transnationalism
Horn of Africa > Relations > Italy
Horn of Africa > Colonial influence
Italy > Relations > Horn of Africa
Italy > Colonies > Africa
Summary: This multidisciplinary volume analyses key themes and topics related to the cultural encounters between Italy and its former colonies in the Horn of Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia). The multi-faceted relations between the Horn of Africa and Italy were initiated during the colonial period but have also been shaped more recently through migration. In eleven chapters by experts in comparative literature, cultural studies, history, migration studies, political philosophy and postcolonial theory, the volume highlights how the legacy of colonialism permeates Italian society as well as influ
Carrier Form: x, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781787079939
1787079937
Index Number: DT367
CLC: G142.05
G154.65
D754.638
Call Number: D754.638/H813
Contents: Introduction: A Transnational Cultural Encounter / Simone Brioni and Shimelis Bonsa Gulema -- Part 1. Colonialsim : 1. Law: The Myth of Progress and Differentialism in the Liberal Age / Olindo de Napoli -- 2. Landscape: Somalia as Seen in Italian Colonial Literature / Wu Ming 2 -- 3. History: Italian Fascist Visions of Somalia's Past and Future / Lee Cassanelli -- Part II. Postcolonialism : 4. Urbanism: History, Legacy, and Memory of the Italian Occupation in Addis Ababa (1936-1941) / Shimelis Bonsa Gulema -- 5. Nationalism; The Italian Occupation in Amharic Literature and Political Thought

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