Sicily and the Mediterranean [electronic resource] : Migration, Exchange, Reinvention /
Karagoz, Claudia.editor.
Summerfield, Giovanna.editor.
The island of Sicily has for centuries been a meeting point where civilizations transformed one another and gave life to the cultural developments at the foundation of European modernity. The essays collected here explore Sicily as a place where these cultural interactions have produced conflict but also new material and intellectual exchange.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Claudia Karagoz and Giovanna Summerfield -- 1. Sicily and Greece / Gaetano Cipolla -- 2. The Normans of Sicily from "the Other Side" : The Medieval Arabic Sources / Giovanna Palombo -- 3. The Artistic Culture of Twelfth-Century Sicily, with a Focus on Palermo / William Tronzo -- 4. The Oldest Maltese Surnames : A Window on Sicily's Medieval History / Geoffrey Hull -- 5. Linguistic Contaminations in Sicily : From the Roman Rule to the Present / Iolanda Lanzafame -- 6. Sicily, terra ballerina : Shifting Terrain in a Contested Fascist-era Mediterranean / Lina Insana -- 7. Sicily : A Geopolitical Oil Rig in the Mediterranean Sea / Pinella Di Gregorio -- 8. Multiculturalism in the Mediterranean Basin : An Overview of Recent Immigration to Sicily / Maria Sorbello -- 9. Vincenzo Consolo's Mediterranean Journeys : From Sicily to the Global South(s) / Norma Bouchard.
The island of Sicily has for centuries been a meeting point where civilizations transformed one another and gave life to the cultural developments at the foundation of European modernity. The essays collected here explore Sicily as a place where these cultural interactions have produced conflict but also new material and intellectual exchange.
European literature.
Europe-History.
Italy-History.
World history.
History, Modern.
Area studies.
European Literature.
European History.
History of Italy.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Modern History.
Area Studies.