Posthumanism in Italian Literature and Film

Boundaries and Identity

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Edited by Enrica Maria Ferrara

Type: Essays
Subject: Theory
Keywords: philosophy, Italian cinema
Publishing date: 2020
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Collection: Italian and Italian American Studies
Language: English

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Hardcover • 321 pages
6 x 8 ½ inches (15 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-3-030-39366-3

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Book Presentation:
As humans re-negotiate their boundaries with the nonhuman world of animals, inanimate entities and technological artefacts, new identities are formed and a new epistemological and ethical approach to reality is needed. Through twelve thought-provoking, scholarly essays, this volume analyzes works by a range of modern and contemporary Italian authors, from Giacomo Leopardi to Elena Ferrante, who have captured the shift from anthropocentrism and postmodernism to posthumanism. Indeed, this is the first academic volume investigating narrative configurations of posthuman identity in Italian literature and film.

About the Author:
Enrica Maria Ferrara is Assistant Professor of Italian at University College Dublin, Ireland. She is the author of Calvino e il teatro (2011), Il realismo teatrale nella narrativa del Novecento: Vittorini, Pasolini, Calvino (2014), and co-editor of Staged Narratives / Narrative Stages: Essays in Italian Prose Narrative and Theatre (2017).

Press Reviews:
"Posthumanism in Italian Literature and Film: Boundaries and Identity brings together a number of essays illustrating the significant role Italian literature, film and philosophy have played in the development of posthumanism. … Posthumanism in Italian Literature and Film will interest a range of scholars … . These original and fascinating readings also serve as a useful guide for instructors looking to infuse their college coursework with new texts and critical perspectives … ." (Viktor Berberi, Annali d'italianistica, Vol. 40, 2022)

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