Pre-Occupied Spaces by Teresa Fiore

Pre-Occupied Spaces by Teresa Fiore

This book rethinks Italy's formation and development on a trans-national map through cultural analysis of travel, living and work spaces as depicted in literary, filmic and musical texts. By demonstrating how today's immigration in Italy is pre-occupied by its past emigration and colonialism, the book stresses commonalities and dispels preoccupations.

"Fiore's book is a marvelous readGlowing with humanity, she wears her knowledge lightly. In this book the study of contemporary, post-colonial Italy is filtered through the centuries of the Italian migrant experience. Thus much used terms such as 'diasporic', 'hybridity' and 'liminal' are given human faces. A mastery of the theoretical literature on space, place and the immigrant/emigrant experience is joined by a fascinating analysis of novels, films, social reportage and nursery rhymes in order to bring to life the 'pre-occupation' of the formative experience of the Italian diaspora for modern Italy and the 'preoccupation' of today's Italy where the previous invisibility of the 'New Italians', the sons and daughters of the global migrations of the late twentieth and early twentieth centuries, are reshaping notions of citizenship and belonging. Highly recommended." -- -Carl Levy Goldsmiths, University of London "A sophisticated and brilliant work of theoretical scaffolding, one that never loses sight of the perils of its own iconoclastic undertaking. Pre-Occupied Spaces' extremely well-crafted structure helps the reader navigate from one text to the other, while the theoretical architecture of the book guides the reader through the impressive proliferation of well-researched texts and critical references." -- -Cristina Lombardi-Diop Loyola University Chicago "Teresa Fiore reminds readers that Italy is a country that has long been defined by 'border crossing, movements, displacements and differences,' Its 'emigrants' and 'immigrants' have sparked similarly troubled preoccupations wherever, whenever and in whatever direction they have moved. Using the tools of cultural analysis, Fiore offers a stunning analysis of the boats, houses, and workplaces where nations have repeatedly imagined both themselves and their others, usually through futile efforts to culturally and permanently affix people to particular places." -- -Donna R. Gabaccia University of Toronto

Teresa Fiore is Theresa and Lawrence R. Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies at Montclair State University.

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ISBN 13	9780823274338
ISBN 10	0823274330
Title	Pre-Occupied Spaces
Author	Teresa Fiore
Series	Critical Studies In Italian America
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Fordham University Press
Year published	2017-06-01
Number of pages	264
Prizes	Winner of American Association for Italian Studies Book Prize 2018, Runner-up for Edinburgh Gadda Prize 2019, Commended for MLA Howard R. Marraro Prize 2018
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