1st Edition
The Somali Within Language, Race and Belonging in ‘Minor’ Italian Literature
By Brioni Simone
Copyright 2016
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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The recent histories of Italy and Somalia are closely linked. Italy colonized Somalia from the end of the 19th century to 1941, and held the territory by UN mandate from 1950 to 1960. Italy is also among the destination countries of the Somali diaspora, which increased in 1991 after civil war. Nonetheless, this colonial and postcolonial cultural encounter has often been neglected. Critically... Read more
The Somali Within
Biography
Simone Brioni is Assistant Professor at the Department of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures – Stony Brook University.
