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Social Science Cultural

The Mediterranean reconsidered

Representations, emergences, recompositions

edited by Mauro Peressini & Ratiba Hadj-Moussa

Publisher
Canadian Museum of History
Initial publish date
Jan 2005
Category
Cultural
  • eBook

    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).

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