Cultural Mobilities Between China and Italy (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Pedone, Valentina; Zhang, Gaoheng

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 263
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031392597
• Artikelnr.: 69138908

Autorenporträt

Valentina Pedone is Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Florence, Italy. Her academic interests lie in the languages and cultures of people of Chinese origins, inside and outside China.  She is author of A Journey to the West: Observations on the Chinese Migration to Italy (Firenze University Press).  Gaoheng Zhang is Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver). He is the author of Migration and the Media: Debating Chinese Migration to Italy, 1992-2012 (University of Toronto, 2019). He is a recipient of major grants and fellowships from American, Canadian, and European institutions.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "Cultural Mobilities and Interactions Between Modern China and Italy" Valentina Pedone, University of Florence and Gaoheng Zhang, University of British Columbia.- Chapter 1: "Chinese Mobility, Routes and Traces: Early-20^th Century Discovery of Italian Culture" Alessandra Brezzi, Sapienza University of Rome.- Chapter 2: "Dragomans, Interpreters and Diplomats: Chinese Language Knowledge by Italians in Early 20^th Century" Federico Masini, Sapienza University of Rome.- Chapter 3: "Mobility, Architecture, Chronotope: Tianjin's Italian Concession, the 1930s" Gaoheng Zhang, University of British Columbia.- Chapter 4: "Representations of Socialist Mobility in Post-WWII China-Italy Cultural Exchange" Yang Wang, University of Colorado Boulder and Martina Tanga, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.- Chapter 5: "Maoist China through the Lens of Italian Visitors (1950s-1970s)" Xin Liu, Penn State University.- Chapter 6: "The Journey and the Memory: 20th-century Travel Notes on Italy" Miriam Castorina, University of Florence.- Chapter 7: "Becoming Chinese-Italian: The Formation of a New Italian Ethnic Minority" Daniele Cologna, Insubria University.- Chapter 8: "Chased by Chineseness: Distance and Proximity in Chinese Italian Creative Expression" Valentina Pedone, University of Florence.- Chapter 9: "'Ne vedrai delle belle in questo paese!' Literary Representations of the Italian Community in China" Chiara Giuliani, University College Cork.