Motherlands

In Search of Our Inherited Cities

von Amaryllis Gacioppo

336 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Our creation stories begin with the notion of expulsion from our 'original' home. We spend our lives struggling to return to the place we fit in, the body we belong in, the people that understand us, the life we were meant for. But the places we remember are ever-changing, and ever since we left, they continue to alter themselves, betraying the deal made when leaving. Australian writer Amaryllis Gacioppo has been raised on stories of original homes, on the Palermo of her mother, the Benghazi of her grandmother and the Turin of her great-grandmother. But what does belonging mean when it can be taken away from you by a fascist regime? Is the modern nation state defined by those who flourish there or by those who aren't welcome? Is visiting the land of one's ancestors a return, a chance to feel complete, or a fantasy?Weaving memoir and cultural history through modern political history, examining notions of citizenship, statelessness, memory and identity and the very notion of home, Motherlands heralds the arrival of a major talent that opens one's eyes to new ways of seeing.

• Reihe: Bloomsbury Publishing
• ISBN: 9781526622754
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.08.2022
• Größe: 234 x 153 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc