Bound by Distance: Rethinking Nationalism Through the Italian Diaspora - Hardcover

Verdicchio, Pasquale

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0838636837 ISBN 13: 9780838636831

Publisher: UNKNO, 1997

Synopsis

This book proposes a rereading of Italian emigration as the result of the major sociopolitical trends in Italy that came to be known as the Risorgimento. It also takes into consideration some contemporary alternative cultural movements in southern Italy today that could be said to fall into the category of "postcolonial culture."

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About the Author

Pasquale Verdicchio (Naples, 1954) is a founding member of the Association of Italian Canadian Writers. His translation from the Italian and his own poetry have been published through presses in Canada, the U.S. and Italy. His This Nothing's Place was the winner of the 2010 Bressani Prize for Poetry. His translations include works by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alda Merini, Antonio Porta, Vivian Lamarque and Antonio Gramsci. Verdicchio has taught literature, cultural studies, film, and writing at the University of California, San Diego, since 1986.

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838636837
• ISBN 13: 9780838636831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 193