Mediterranean reconsidered
Representations, emergences, recompositions
- Publisher
- Canadian Museum of History
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2005
- Category
- Cultural
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- ISBN
- 9781772823738
- Publish Date
- Jan 2005
- List Price
- $21.99
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Description
This collection of essays re-evaluates existing representations of the Mediterranean, providing a fresh, new and often critical perspective on the cultural, social and political processes that shape this region. Subjects such as; food traditions, music, alterity, and identity from Southern Europe to North Africa and the Middle East are examined.
About the authors
Mauro Peressini is Curator of Social History at the Canadian Museum of History and holds a PhD in social and cultural anthropology from the Université de Montréal. In addition to authoring numerous publications, Dr. Peressini has curated a number of major exhibitions for the Museum, including Presenza – A New Look at Italian-Canadian Heritage (2003), Pompeii (2005), The Greeks (2008) and Vodou (2012).