Chapter New Perspectives on Nation-building and Orientalism in Italy from the Risorgimento to the Republic

• Auteur principal: Falcucci, Beatrice (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Giusti, Emanuele (auth), Trentacoste, Davide (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Florence Firenze University Press 2022
• Collection: Connessioni. Studies in Transcultural History
• Sujets: History; Italian nation-building; Italian orientalism; travel literature; rereading; women travellers
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Résumé

In this introductory essay, the editors discuss the new perspectives offered by the volume on travel literature, the question of nation-building and the history of orientalism and oriental studies in Post-unification Italy. In particular, the authors describe the methodological potential of the concept of rereading and discuss the intertwinement between the (re)uses of travel literature and the processes of nation-building in Italy. Furthermore, the editors highlight the open character of the notion of "travellers" adopted in the essays and underline the importance of considering the specific character of orientalism and oriental studies in Italy, while briefly discussing the issue of female travel literature. Finally, they present the essays contained in the volume, suggesting different ways of reading them.

Description matérielle

1 electronic resource (20 p.)

ISBN

978-88-5518-579-0.03
9788855185790

Accès

Open Access