Transnational Italian Studies is specifically targeted at a student audience and is designed to be used as a key text when approaching the disciplinary field of Italian studies. It allows the study of Italian culture to be construed and practised not simply as the inquiry into a national tradition but as the study of the interaction of cultural practices both within Italy itself and in those parts of the world that have witnessed the extent of Italian mobility. The text argues that Italian culture needs to be considered in a transnational/transcultural perspective and that an understanding of linguistic and cultural translation underlies all approaches to the study of Italian culture in a global context. Contributions deploy a range of methodological approaches to understand and illustrate how language operates, how culture inhabits and constitutes public and private space, how notions of time operate within people's lives, and the multiple ways in which people experience a sense of personhood. Chapters stretch from the medieval period to the present and demonstrate how transnational Italian culture can be critically addressed through the examination of carefully chosen examples.

Contributors: Alessandra Diazzi, Andrea Rizzi, Barbara Spadaro, Charles Burdett, Clorinda Donato, David Bowe, Derek Duncan, Donna Gabaccia, Eugenia Paulicelli, Fabio Camilletti, Giuliana Muscio, Jennifer Burns, Loredana Polezzi, Marco Santello, Monica Jansen, Naomi Wells, Nathalie Hester, Serena Bassi, Stefania Tufi, Teresa Fiore and Tristan Kay.

About the Author
Charles Burdett is Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Durham Loredana Polezzi is Alfonse M. D'Amato Chair in Italian American and Italian Studies at Stony Brook University.

Reviews
"This is an extremely rich and valuable contribution to research, that offers a wide range of perspectives on transnational Italy and Italian cultures."
Charlotte Ross, University of Birmingham

'In this latest addition to the groundbreaking series Transnational Modern Languages, editors Charles Burdett and Loredana Polezzi propose a comprehensive paradigm for the study of Italian language and culture... an important and timely volume. Its contributions here capably chart what the future of Italian studies could (and perhaps should) look like.' Giulia Ricco, Italian American Review

'A globalizing society, which underestimates the importance of foreign language skills, forces us to question values and domains. Against that backdrop, Charles Burdett and Loredana Polezzi re-examine the meaning and finality of Italian Studies in Transnational Italian Studies... as a reader and an advocate of a transcultural approach to Italian Studies, I have found the reading to be very enriching.' Inge Lanslots, Annali d'Italianistica

Book Information
ISBN 9781789621389
Author Charles Burdett
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press