{"product_id":"literature-of-the-somali-diaspora-space-language-and-resistance-in-somali-novels-in-english-and-italian-9798765107485","title":"Literature of the Somali Diaspora: Space, Language and Resistance in Somali Novels in English and Italian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first study of Anglophone and Italian novels by Somali diasporic authors, offering a new critical framework for multilingual and transnational analysis of Somali literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on the latest scholarship about multilingual contexts, diaspora studies and the rapidly expanding field of Italian postcolonial studies, Marco Medugno examines Somali diasporic literature with a comparative perspective. Considering works written in English and Italian, he argues that Somali diasporic authors share similar themes and aesthetics, thus creating an interliterary community within the diaspora space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By using multilingualism as a starting point, Medugno provides significant insights into how Somali national and individual identities are constructed in diasporic, global contexts through geography, style, form, language and the re-writing of national histories emerging out of colonization and independence. Analysing acclaimed Somali novels such as Nuruddin Farah's \u003ci\u003eLinks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrossbones\u003c\/i\u003e, Igiaba Scego's \u003ci\u003eAdua\u003c\/i\u003e and Cristina Ali Farah's \u003ci\u003eLittle Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, he questions any definition of 'local' as 'provincial', instead considering it a site for interrogating global concerns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature of the Somali Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e is organized around three themes: spatiality, language and resistance help to contextualize authors, forced by the decades-long Somali Civil War, to write outside Somalia and in different languages - including Somali, Italian, English, German, Dutch and Arabic - within global literary circuits. Their work thus creates a literature not confined within national borders but an interliterary global community, a transnational and multilingual space in which they share world aesthetic ideologies, challenge and engage with literary traditions in different languages and show an interplay between diverse cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarco Medugno\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Lecturer at Newcastle University, UK. He has published articles in journals of both Italian and Postcolonial studies, including \u003ci\u003eFrom the European South\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eItalian Studies in Southern Africa.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50910932762898,"sku":"9798765107485","price":142.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a905237-3a4f-43ad-9c95-24a3befdc4df.jpg?v=1738719872","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/literature-of-the-somali-diaspora-space-language-and-resistance-in-somali-novels-in-english-and-italian-9798765107485","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}