Under Italian Fascism, African-Italian mulattoes and white Italians living in Egypt posed a particular threat to the pursuit of a homogenous national identity. This book examines novels and films of the period, showing that their attempts at stigmatization were self-undermining, forcing audiences to reassess their collective identity.
Spis treści
Introduction: Meticci and Levantines in Literary and Cinematic Representations of Colonial Experience in Africa 1. Art of Darkness: The Aestheticization of Black People in Fascist Colonial Novels 2. The Dissident Literature of Enrico Pea and Fausta Cialente 3. Fade to White: Cinematic Representations of Italian Whiteness 4. Levantines and Biracial Offspring in Postwar Italy ConclusionO autorze
Rosetta Giuliani Caponetto is Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Auburn University, USA.
Język Angielski ● Format PDF ● Strony 199 ● ISBN 9781137481863 ● Rozmiar pliku 2.5 MB ● Wydawca Palgrave Macmillan US ● Miasto New York ● Kraj US ● Opublikowany 2016 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 4452936 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Społeczny DRM