{"product_id":"literature-of-the-somali-diaspora-space-language-and-resistance-in-somali-novels-in-english-and-italian-9798765107492","title":"Literature of the Somali Diaspora: Space, Language and Resistance in Somali Novels in English and Italian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first study of Anglophone and Italian novels by Somali diasporic authors, offering a new critical framework for multilingual and transnational analysis of Somali literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on the latest scholarship about multilingual contexts, diaspora studies and the rapidly expanding field of Italian postcolonial studies, Marco Medugno examines Somali diasporic literature with a comparative perspective. Considering works written in English and Italian, he argues that Somali diasporic authors share similar themes and aesthetics, thus creating an interliterary community within the diaspora space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By using multilingualism as a starting point, Medugno provides significant insights into how Somali national and individual identities are constructed in diasporic, global contexts through geography, style, form, language and the re-writing of national histories emerging out of colonization and independence. Analysing acclaimed Somali novels such as Nuruddin Farah's \u003ci\u003eLinks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrossbones\u003c\/i\u003e, Igiaba Scego's \u003ci\u003eAdua\u003c\/i\u003e and Cristina Ali Farah's \u003ci\u003eLittle Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, he questions any definition of 'local' as 'provincial', instead considering it a site for interrogating global concerns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature of the Somali Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e is organized around three themes: spatiality, language and resistance help to contextualize authors, forced by the decades-long Somali Civil War, to write outside Somalia and in different languages - including Somali, Italian, English, German, Dutch and Arabic - within global literary circuits. Their work thus creates a literature not confined within national borders but an interliterary global community, a transnational and multilingual space in which they share world aesthetic ideologies, challenge and engage with literary traditions in different languages and show an interplay between diverse cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marco Medugno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Literary and Cultural Expressions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765107492","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46428583559305,"sku":"9798765107492","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_01c7103c-0943-482c-b2fe-49343ddb0623.jpg?v=1778013193","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/literature-of-the-somali-diaspora-space-language-and-resistance-in-somali-novels-in-english-and-italian-9798765107492","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}