FromPecore neretoFuture
Anthologizing intersectional Blackness in contemporary Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2179643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caterina Romeo (0000-0002-4502-8248) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 607-624 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449855.2022.2160268 |
| OpenAlex | W4317525561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article develops an analysis of Future (2019), the first anthology to bring together texts by Black Italian women and non-binary writers of African and Caribbean descent, and reads it in continuity with the pioneering anthology Pecore nere (Black Sheep) (2005), the first collection of short stories to thematize racial difference in postcolonial Italy. It initially articulates a reflection on the anthology as an autonomous genre that has had both a conservative and an innovative function in Italian literature and culture, and then examines how Future openly deploys an intersectional approach to denounce structural racism and sexism and to displace the white and whitening colonial male gaze. The article, furthermore, highlights how Future participates in a transnational creative and critical conversation with other Black feminists, Black Mediterranean and Black European authors, thus contributing to the de-centralization of US narratives about race while further enriching the debate about processes of racialization in Europe
African descent · Art · Black British · Colonialism · Conversation · Intersectionality · Literature · Narrative · Race (biology · Racialization · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Anthropology · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Gender Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |