Vinci R. (ed.) 2024, Navigating the Mediterranean: Through the Chinese Lens: Transcultural Narratives of the Sea Among Land, Firenze University Press
The volume Navigating the Mediterranean: Through the Chinese Lens: Transcultural Narratives of the Sea Among Lands, edited by Renata Vinci, Firenze University Press, 2024, is now available in open access and can be fully downloaded at the following link:
https://books.fupress.com/catalogue/navigating-the-mediterranean-through-the-chinese-len/15330
Synopsis:
In the postnational era, as scholars investigating the circulation of reciprocal knowledge between China and foreign countries, we are called to reconsider the relevance of national borders in our own research. This comes as a response to an extended demand to rethink the ties imposed by concepts such as nation, language and heritage in favour of essential inclusive sentiments of shared interests and belonging. This volume is the initial outcome of the research project The Mediterranean Through Chinese Eyes (MeTChE), which aims to investigate the perception and representation of the Mediterranean region in Chinese sources, conceptualising this ‘region among lands’ as a transcultural and debordered space, as advanced by contemporary Mediterranean Studies.
For more information about the research project’s outputs, events, team members, and more, please visit the MeTChE project website:
https://www.unipa.it/progetti/china-mediterranean/en/home.html