Unframing and Reframing Mediterranean Spaces and Identities (Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean, 7)

Book info: Unframing and Reframing Mediterranean Spaces and Identities (Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean, 7) (Hardcover, 248 pages) – Brill, 2023. Language: English.

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 Cassanos refusal of a sort of prt--porter reality of cohabitation of cultures, introducing instead unalternativa mediterranea, a world of multiple cultures that entails an ongoing learning and experiencing. The volumes 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. Editorial Reviews 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, womens 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.