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The Mediterranean alternative

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: This paper is a critical review of Italian and French Mediterranean studies from a postcolonial and geographical perspective. It claims that the relationship between contemporary Mediterranean geographies and mainstream European modernities has been overlooked by the Mediterraneanist literature, a literature from which geography has been surprisingly absent. We hope to begin addressing this gap, rethinking the Mediterranean as a postcolonial sea. In its real and metaphorical ‘liquidity’, the Mediterranean represents a fertile ground for the exploration of ‘other spaces’, capable of recovering the ambiguities and plurality of voices that make it a source of inspiration for experiencing ‘alternative modernities’.

Source: Progress in Human Geography

DOI: 10.1177/0309132510376850

Authors: Paolo Giaccaria, Claudio Minca

Institutions: University of Turin, Royal Holloway University of London

Language: English

Topic: Historical Geography and Geographical Thought

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council

Award: G1087837003