TY - BOOK AU - Simone Brioni AU - Shimelis Gulema PY - 2018 CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 2235-1809 SN - 9781787079946 TI - The Horn of Africa and Italy T2 - Colonial, Postcolonial and Transnational Cultural Encounters DO - 10.3726/b11811 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1056158 N2 - This multidisciplinary volume analyses key themes and topics related to the cultural encounters between Italy and its former colonies in the Horn of Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia). The multi-faceted relations between the Horn of Africa and Italy were initiated during the colonial period but have also been shaped more recently through migration. In eleven chapters by experts in comparative literature, cultural studies, history, migration studies, political philosophy and postcolonial theory, the volume highlights how the legacy of colonialism permeates Italian society as well as influencing the construction of national identities in the Horn of Africa. The analysis of this transnational encounter opens up new possibilities for comparative research and critical synergies in Italian studies, African studies and beyond. KW - colonial legacy, migration, discrimination, cultural studies, postcolonial theory, Italy, Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia, transnationalism LA - English ER -