Description
Book SynopsisThis edited volume aims to problematise and rethink the contemporary European migrant crisis in the Central Mediterranean through the lens of the Black Mediterranean. Bringing together scholars working in geography, political theory, sociology, and cultural studies, this volume takes the Black Mediterranean as a starting point for asking and answering a set of crucial questions about the racialized production of borders, bodies, and citizenship in contemporary Europe: what is the role of borders in controlling migrant flows from North Africa and the Middle East?; what is the place for black bodies in the Central Mediterranean context?; what is the relevance of the citizenship in reconsidering black subjectivities in Europe? The volume will be divided into three parts. After the introduction, which will provide an overview of the theoretical framework and the individual contributions, Part I focuses on the problem of borders, Part II features essays focused on the body, and Part III is dedicated to citizenship.
Table of Contents1. Preface. Cristina Lombardi-Diop 2. Introduction. Ida Danewid, Gabriele Proglio, Angelica Pesarini, Camilla Hawthorne, Timothy Raeymaekers, P. Khalil Saucier Giulia Grechi, and Vivian Gerrand
Part I: Borders
3. When the Mediterranean Became Black. Diasporic Hopes of (Post)Colonial Accounts. Angelica Pesarini 4. Fanon in the Black Mediterranean. Gabriele Proglio 5. Colonial Cultural Heritage and Embodied Representations Giulia Grechi
Part II: Bodies
6. Carne Nera. P. Khalil Saucier 7. Impermanent territories: The Mediterranean crisis and the (Re-)production of the Black subject. Timothy Raeymaekers 8. “These Walls Must Fall”: The Black Mediterranean andthe Politics of Abolition. Ida Danewid
Part III: Citizenship
9.
L’Italia Meticcia? The Black Mediterranean and the Racial Cartographies of Citizenship. Camilla Hawthorne 10. Reimagining citizenship in the Black Mediterranean: From
Jus Sanguinis to
Jus Soli in contemporary Italy? Vivian Gerrand 11. The
Habesha Italians: The Black Mediterranean and the second-generation condition. Giuseppe Grimaldi
