My book is out_Reframing Migration: Lampedusa, Border Spectacle and Aesthetics of Subversion

Dear all,
I am delighted to announce the publication of my book, Reframing Migration: Lampedusa, Border Spectacle and Aesthetics of Subversion. The book launch will be in June. Check this space.
You can find more information here.

'Un partigiano mi disse'_A project by Gabriele Del Grande

CONGRATULATIONS to Gabrele Del Grande (one of the directors of On the Bride's Side) for his successful crowdfunding campaign to support his nex book project Un Partigiano mi disse.

All details here
 
Well done Gabriele, looking forward to reading your book!

New Book (in Italian) on Said edited by R. De Robertis and B. Brunetti

Identità, migrazioni e postcolonialismo in Italia a partire da Edward Said is the title of an interesting and important volume on the study of Said. 

The book offers a critical reconsideration of the Italian literary canon (from Marinetti to Calvino) and of the 'orientalist' practices that have contributed to the building of the inferiority of the South (of Italy) and of the institutional and intellectual racist discourse on migration that have allowed the de-humanization of migrants, the islamophobic discouse and the governmental policies regarding migration into Italy today. 

For more information click here (In Italian).

Book: IMAGES OF ILLEGALIZED IMMIGRATION

New book on "Images of Illegalized Immigration: Towards a Critical Iconology of Politics", edited by Christine Bischoff, Francesca Falk, Sylvia Kafehsy (Transcript: 2010)


Illegalized immigration is a highly iconic topic. The public perception of the current regime for mobility is profoundly shaped by visual and verbal images. As the issue of illegalized immigration is gaining increasing political momentum, the authors feel it is a well-warranted undertaking to analyze the role of images in the creation of illegalization. Their aim is to trace the visual processes that produce these very categories.
The authors aim to map out an iconography of illegalized immigration in relation to political, ethical, and aesthetic discourses. They discuss the need to project new images as well as the dangers of giving persons without legal papers an individual face. Illegalization is produced by law, but naturalized through the everyday use of images. The production of law, on the other hand, is also driven by both mental and materialized images. A critical iconology may help us to see these mechanisms.


More details here.

Film "Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio"

The 14th of May in Italy the film "Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio" will be released.
The film is a free adaptation of the novel by Amara Lakhous (that has the same title). The novel has been a best seller in Italy. It has been published 14 times so far and translated in German, Dutch, English and French. To know more about the novel you can read these interviews with the author:

Suzanne Ruta, ‘Humor is an instrument of combat: a conversation with Amara Lakhous’

Suzanne Ruta, ‘Scheherazade, C’est Moi? An Interview with Amara Lakhous’

Airos Soria Letizia, “Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio. Interview with Amara Lakhous”.


To know more about the author clik here.

The film director is Isotta Toso. To know more about the film and see the trailer clik here.

***PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS BLOG ABOUT THIS FILM ADAPTATION IF AND WHEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. I ADVICE ALL TO READ THE NOVEL. IT IS AN INTERESTING GAZE ON ITALIAN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY TODAY SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN ALGERIAN. NOTHING BETTER THAN THAT! THANKS AMARA!***