Pietro Deandrea
Biographic Data
| ID | 642329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pietro Deandrea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pietro |
| FAMILY NAME | Deandrea |
| SIGNATURE | DEANDREA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5584-8450 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Langston Hughes “Home”
Langston Hughes “Home” Traduzione e cura di Pietro Deandrea (Università degli Studi di Torino)
Making one’s point of view
Some years ago I used a Bowie song, “Lady Stardust”, for a warm-up activity at the beginning of a BA course in English Literature focusing on gender issues from the Romantic Age to the present. Resulting from that didactic experiment, this article aims at proposing ways in which Bowie’s song and its lyrics can help students approach the interconnections between textual analysis and critical theory (Gender and Cultural Studies) by rooting them int…
Respecting Complex Personhoods
This article has a double thematic concern, namely, contemporary forms of slavery in Britain and literary translation. On these premises, it reflects on which translation strategies can be most effective in conveying the narratives related to the phenomenon of new slaveries, by analysing almost all the fictional works in English which have been translated into Italian.Part 1 concentrates on Translation Studies with regard to both postcolonial lit…
The Spectralized Camp
New forms of slavery in the UK, resulting from globalized migratory movements, constitute a recent and ever-increasing phenomenon. This essay aims to reflect on literary and cultural products around this topic, identifying two dominating tropes: the ghost and the concentration camp, originating from, respectively, postcolonial and Holocaust studies. In the wake of Michael Rothberg's studies, I argue that, in order to fully comprehend the imagery …
The hegemonic outsider
In 1787 William Beckford, author of Vathek, left England following some allegations of homosexual activity. Focusing on the private aspects of his Lisbon journal, which he never published in full during his lifetime, this essay examines Beckford's attempts at recovering a dignified status in Lisbon by relating to various forms of authority, such as plantocracy, court aristocracy, normative sexuality and religion. What emerges is a constant ambiva…
Trans(l)atlantic I-con
Trans(l)atlantic I-con
The hegemonic outsider
In 1787 William Beckford, author of Vathek, left England following some allegations of homosexual activity. Focusing on the private aspects of his Lisbon journal, which he never published in full during his lifetime, this essay examines Beckford's attempts at recovering a dignified status in Lisbon by relating to various forms of authority, such as plantocracy, court aristocracy, normative sexuality and religion. What emerges is a constant ambiva…
The Spectralized Camp
New forms of slavery in the UK, resulting from globalized migratory movements, constitute a recent and ever-increasing phenomenon. This essay aims to reflect on literary and cultural products around this topic, identifying two dominating tropes: the ghost and the concentration camp, originating from, respectively, postcolonial and Holocaust studies. In the wake of Michael Rothberg's studies, I argue that, in order to fully comprehend the imagery …
Respecting Complex Personhoods
This article has a double thematic concern, namely, contemporary forms of slavery in Britain and literary translation. On these premises, it reflects on which translation strategies can be most effective in conveying the narratives related to the phenomenon of new slaveries, by analysing almost all the fictional works in English which have been translated into Italian.Part 1 concentrates on Translation Studies with regard to both postcolonial lit…
Making one’s point of view
Some years ago I used a Bowie song, “Lady Stardust”, for a warm-up activity at the beginning of a BA course in English Literature focusing on gender issues from the Romantic Age to the present. Resulting from that didactic experiment, this article aims at proposing ways in which Bowie’s song and its lyrics can help students approach the interconnections between textual analysis and critical theory (Gender and Cultural Studies) by rooting them int…
Langston Hughes “Home”
Langston Hughes “Home” Traduzione e cura di Pietro Deandrea (Università degli Studi di Torino)
Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Phenomenon (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)