{"product_id":"urban-bridges-global-capitals-trans-mediterranean-francospheres-paperback","title":"Urban Bridges, Global Capital(s): Trans-Mediterranean Francosphères - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaire Launchbury\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMegan C. MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays on Trans-Mediterranean Francospheres offers an original examination of cultural production and the flows between urban capitals and \"capital\" in and of a selection of Mediterranean cities and sites. In three parts, the book covers both familiar and overlooked terrain, in chapters which examine writing the city, the transit between different poles, film and EU designated cultural capitals. The collection therefore brings together texts and their critical readings in new comparative ways. Following Jacques Derrida's peregrinations in \u003ci\u003eL'Autre Cap\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), the volume interrogates the what of Europe; the when or where of Paris; the who of the Mediterranean. Or might the Mediterranean fall under the rubric of \u003ci\u003epaleonomy\u003c\/i\u003e, that is, as Michael Naas recalls Derrida's words in \u003ci\u003ePositions\u003c\/i\u003e: \"the 'strategic' necessity that requires the occasional maintenance of an \u003ci\u003eold name\u003c\/i\u003e in order to launch a new concept.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking this forward, we understand the Mediterranean as an old name to \u003ci\u003elaunch \u003c\/i\u003ea new concept and the essays in the book each reflect on this in different ways. Issues concerning identity are challenged, since a Metropolitan, European, Arab or African identity may be preferred over a Mediterranean one. As borders become reinforced in the region, trans-Mediterranean bridging narratives may be thwarted, especially by those who write across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, in the face of the contemporary refugee crisis. Finally, chapters explore what it means to define a Mediterranean city--such as Marseille as European Capital of Culture--and interrogate how this feeds into the cultural production of a city whose multi-ethnic identities are as outward-looking towards North Africa as they are inward towards the French capital. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors: Silvia Baage, Marzia Caporale, Angela Giovanangeli, Mark Ingram, Christa Jones, Gemma King, Claire Launchbury, Megan C. MacDonald, Agnès Peysson-Zeiss, Ipek Çelik Rappas, Alison Rice, Rania Said\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire Launchbury is a visiting research scholar in French in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds.\u003cbr\u003eMegan C. MacDonald is affiliated with the viticulture oenologie programme at the CFPPA Montmorot, France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47294562599161,"sku":"9781837644209","price":98.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xUESBYZTJB9781837644209.webp?v=1769191709","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/urban-bridges-global-capitals-trans-mediterranean-francospheres-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}