The Mediterranean has always been the sea of all possibilities and all dramas. This volume is presented 'as a ship navigating the waters of the Mediterranean', offering stopovers along the coasts most of which are located in France, Tunisia and above all in Italy, which is at the epicenter of this re-storying of Mediterranean worlds. During this navigation, we learn more about the planet, of which this sea at the crossroads of three continents is one of the most accomplished syntheses, and about the dimensions of our humanity. A great book, definitely. * Bertrand Westphal, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Limoges, France, and co-editor of Francophone Literature as World Literature (Bloomsbury, 2020) * The Mediterraneanis not only a place on maps. It is a category, indicating crossings, hybridizations, the multiple Souths of people and natures that lands and seas connect as well as divide. With its rich ensemble of voices and motives, Re-storying Mediterranean Worlds: New Narratives from Italian Cultures to Global Citizenship explores the cultural and political layers of this category, transforming the Mediterranean into an open frontier for global encounters and visions. * Serenella Iovino, Professor of Italian Studies and Environmental Humanities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA * The most recent rhetoric on the Mediterranean has tended to define it as a porous barrier to be reinforced as a means of exclusion. In contrast, the present collection untangles, refocuses and retells the intricate confluence of stories and histories that commonly touch all its shores. * Pasquale Verdicchio, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, University of California San Diego, USA * Challenging Eurocentrism from within its borders, scholars of different disciplines, generations and national belonging investigate the Mediterranean as a site of resistance, while privileging its margins and internal fractures. In addition to the specificity of each case study, Re-storying Mediterranean Worlds invites us to theorize societies and cultures beyond national borders and to rethink both the North vs South and East and West divide. It also reminds us that de-centring and re-centring the observers gaze are necessary practices in our approach to the world. * Gigliola Sulis, Associate Professor of Italian, University of Leeds, UK, and Senior Editor of The Italianist *
