Transcultural Italies

The history of Italians and of modern Italian culture stems from multiple experiences of mobility and migration: between the late 19th century and the early 20th century, 27 million Italians migrated and 60 to 80 million people worldwide see their identity as connected with the Italian diaspora. Since the time of Italian unification, a series of narratives about mobility have been produced both inside and outside the boundaries of Italy, by agents such as the Italian state, international organizations or migrant communities themselves.

The essays in TransculturalItalies follow the multiple trajectories of this complex history and of itsrepresentations. They do so by focusing on the key concepts andpractices of mobility, memory and translation. Taken together, they represent a contrapuntalseries of case studies that offersa fresh perspective on the study of modern and contemporary Italy. The essaysin the volume explore the meanings that ‘transnational’ and ‘transcultural’assume when applied to the notion of Italian culture.

“" Transcultural Italies brings together a series of essays that interrogate the inherently dynamic nature of Italian identity and culture to advance the transnational turn that is presently reshaping the field of Italian Studies." Stephanie Malia Hom, University of California, Santa Barbara”

“Transcultural Italies brings together a series of essays that interrogate the inherently dynamic nature of Italian identity and culture to advance the transnational turn that is presently reshaping the field of Italian Studies."
Stephanie Malia Hom, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Transcultural Italies adds new dimensions to the study of human mobilities and suggests a path-breaking approach to the cultural study of Italian migrations, from the movement of people and objects through space and memory to Italian influences on global culture.”
Maddalena Tirabassi, Centro Altreitalie sulle Migrazioni Italiane, Turin

Charles Burdett is Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Durham Loredana Polezzi is Alfonse M. D’Amato Chair in Italian American and Italian Studies at Stony Brook University. Barbara Spadaro is Lecturer in Italian History and Culture at the University of Liverpool.

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