@article{1439280,
      author = {Giuliani, Chiara.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1439280},
      title = {Home, memory and belonging in Italian postcolonial  literature /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      abstract = {This lucid and finely crafted book explores how migration  has made home a constantly evolving concept and how  practices of home-making can extend through memory and  imagination to include spaces as diverse as the call centre  and the train station. Providing detailed new readings of a  range of postcolonial texts in Italian, this book will be  essential reading for all scholars and students who engage  with cultural representations of migration. Emma Bond,  Reader, University of St Andrews, Scotland This is an  inspirational book that provides a compelling analysis of  how migration literature negotiates and reconceives notions  of home. Giuliani brilliantly explores how domestic and  public spaces are reconfigured in postcolonial literature,  allowing us to grasp the complexity of the lived  experiences of migrants. Giulianis engaging work offers an  innovative perspective on migration culture; an essential  reading for anyone interested in Postcolonial, Memory and  Space Studies. Simone Brioni, Associate Professor, Stony  Brook University, USA This book examines the meaning of  home through the investigation of a series of public and  private spaces recurrent in Italian postcolonial  literature. The chapters, by considering Termini train  station in Rome, phone centres, the condominium, and the  private spaces of the bathroom and the bedroom, investigate  how migrant characters inhabit those places and turn them  into familiar spaces of belonging. Home, Memory and  Belonging in Italian Postcolonial Literature suggests home  spaces as a lens to examine these places and the practices  enacted by their inhabitants to feel at home. Drawing on a  wide array of sources, this book focuses on the role played  by memory in creating transnational connections between  present and past locations and on how these connections  shape migrants sense of self and migrants identity. Dr  Chiara Giuliani is Lecturer in Italian Studies at  University College Cork (Ireland). She researches different  aspects of postcolonial literature, questions of home and  identity, as well as the cultural representation of the  Chinese community in Italy. She has published widely on  these topics in academic journals and books.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75063-3},
      recid = {1439280},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      year = {2021},
}