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Leggere l’Africa in Italia. La ricezione delle letterature africane nei cinquant’anni delle indipendenze, 1960-2010
Abstract
In this essay, Itala Vivan looks back at the way African literatures have been
received in Italy and analyses the features of such reception within the frame
of the European approach to postcolonial literature on one side, and, on the
other, considering the long survival of a colonial mentality in Italy. The essay
embraces a long period of time and shows the growth of a more open and
curious attitude towards the African literary production, although a certain
inclination for exoticism is still visible in contemporary Italy.
received in Italy and analyses the features of such reception within the frame
of the European approach to postcolonial literature on one side, and, on the
other, considering the long survival of a colonial mentality in Italy. The essay
embraces a long period of time and shows the growth of a more open and
curious attitude towards the African literary production, although a certain
inclination for exoticism is still visible in contemporary Italy.
