1st Edition
Rethinking the Mother Tongue in Contemporary Italy From Gramsci to Postcolonial Literature
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Notion of the Mother Tongue
Postcolonial Gramsci
Immanent Grammar: Language, Terra, Body
Outline of the Book
A Note on this Language
Chapter 1. The Language Question and the Mother Tongue: Unification, Expansion, Exclusion
A Missing Mother Tongue
Unifying Italy: The Language Question
Expanding Italy: Colonialism and Fascism
A Living Mother Tongue: Technologies and Varieties
Postcolonial Literature and the Mother Tongue
Conclusion: A Mother Tongue with an Accent
Chapter 2. Gramsci and the Mother Tongue: Immanent Grammar, Subalternity, Molecular Changes
Gramsci the Linguist
Immanent Grammar
Immanent Grammar and Subalternity
Immanence: Language
Immanence: Terra
Immanence: Body
Conclusion: Rethinking the Mother Tongue with Gramsci
Chapter 3. Rethinking the Mother Tongue Today: From Gramsci to Postcolonial Literature
From Gramsci to Future
Future is a Verb
Grammar and Racism in “Nassan Tenga”
Terra and Names in “Il mio nome”
Bodies and Meanings in “Abbiamo pianto un fiume di risate”
Conclusion: Language, Terra, Body
Conclusion: The Mother Tongue as Immanent Grammar
The Mother Tongue in Italy
Biography
Saskia Kroonenberg is a lecturer at Radboud University, the Netherlands and visiting fellow at Humboldt University, Germany. Her interests include Antonio Gramsci, literary studies, new materialism, postcolonial and gender studies.
