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.
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Titolo del capitolo
New Perspectives on Nation-building and Orientalism in Italy from the Risorgimento to the Republic
Autori
Beatrice Falcucci, Emanuele Giusti, Davide Trentacoste
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-579-0.03
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Rereading Travellers to the East
Sottotitolo del libro
Shaping Identities and Building the Nation in Post-unification Italy
Curatori
Beatrice Falcucci, Emanuele Giusti, Davide Trentacoste
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
232
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-579-0
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-578-3
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-579-0
eISBN (epub)
978-88-5518-580-6
Collana
Connessioni. Studies in Transcultural History
ISSN della collana
2975-0393
e-ISSN della collana
2975-0261