TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caterina Scarabicchi
PY  - 2023
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2235-1809
SN  - 9781800794566
TI  - The Migrant’s Corner
T2  - Paradoxes of Representing Mediterranean Crossings in Italian and French Contemporary Culture
DO  - 10.3726/b18318
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1294478
N2  - The stories of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe have made the headlines in the news over the last twenty years. How have these human itineraries been represented in contemporary culture? This book considers the migrant’s story as portrayed in literature, cinema, museums and festivals in Italy and France, in order to explore the widespread ethical complexities related to agency and advocacy. While typically produced in support of migrant communities, these narratives often confine the experience of displaced individuals within a Eurocentric, humanitarian discourse that is difficult to overcome. Through an interdisciplinary and postcolonial approach, the book analyses, among others, recent works by Laurent Gaudé and Emanuele Crialese, the Musée National de l’Histoire de l’Immigration in Paris and a community festival in Lampedusa, to highlight the complexity of advocating for migrants from a European perspective.
KW  - migration, cultural representation, agency, advocacy, Europe migration literature, migration cinema, migration museums, migration festivals, Caterina Scarabicchi, The Migrant’s Corner
LA  - English
ER  -