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oapen-20.500.12657-583172022-09-16T03:14:54Z Chapter New Perspectives on Nation-building and Orientalism in Italy from the Risorgimento to the Republic Falcucci, Beatrice Giusti, Emanuele Trentacoste, Davide Italian nation-building Italian orientalism travel literature rereading women travellers bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History 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. 2022-09-15T20:07:58Z 2022-09-15T20:07:58Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20220915_9788855185790_113 9788855185790 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58317 eng Connessioni. Studies in Transcultural History application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 978-88-5518-579-0_3.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/978-88-5518-579-0_3 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-579-0.03 10.36253/978-88-5518-579-0.03 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855185790 1 20 Florence open access
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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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