The Black Body: Other Voices of Italy
Autor Anna Maria Gehnyei (Karima 2G) Traducere de Eilis Kierans, Sandra Waters Cuvânt înainte de Igiaba Scegoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 sep 2025 – vârsta ani
The daughter of the first Kpelle man to ever leave his native village and emigrate to Europe, Anna is proud of her heritage but only knows Liberia as a mystical, faraway land that appears in her parents’ stories. Though Italy is the only homeland she knows, she is merely classed as a resident, not a permanent citizen. At school and in the streets of Rome, she is treated to a mixture of patronizing condescension and xenophobic hostility. But Anna refuses to be bullied into mute submission, finding her voice as a performer and activist who demands recognition for Italy’s growing immigrant population.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781978840973
ISBN-10: 1978840977
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.03 kg
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria Other Voices of Italy
ISBN-10: 1978840977
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.03 kg
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria Other Voices of Italy
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Notă biografică
ANNA MARIA GEHNYEI, also known as Karima 2G, is a musician, dancer, and producer and the founder of the Black Lives Matter movement in Rome. This is her first book.
ELLIS KIERANS is an assistant professor of teaching in the Italian Department at Pennsylvania State University and co-editor of the Other Voices of Italy series. She has published widely on the works of Italian women.
SANDRA WATERS is the managing editor of Italian Quarterly and co-editor of the Other Voices of Italy series. She is the editor of The Spaces and Places of Horror and translator of Porpora Marcasciano’s AntoloGaia, among other publications.
IGIABA SCEGO is a Somali Italian writer, cultural activist, and freelance scholar. She was born in Rome to Somali parents who took refuge in Italy following a coup d'état in their native country, where her father served as foreign minister. She holds a PhD in education on postcolonial subjects, has done extensive academic work in Italy and around the world, and has a special interest in immigration and mobility. Her first memoir won Italy's prestigious Mondello Prize. Her novel The Color Line won the Premio Napoli. Scego received the International Viareggio-Répaci awards in 2021. Most recently, she was longlisted for Premio Strega for her second memoir Cassandra a Mogadiscio. Her previous novels include Beyond Babylon and Adua. She also co-edited the anthology series Africana (Feltrinelli) with Chiara Piaggio.
ELLIS KIERANS is an assistant professor of teaching in the Italian Department at Pennsylvania State University and co-editor of the Other Voices of Italy series. She has published widely on the works of Italian women.
SANDRA WATERS is the managing editor of Italian Quarterly and co-editor of the Other Voices of Italy series. She is the editor of The Spaces and Places of Horror and translator of Porpora Marcasciano’s AntoloGaia, among other publications.
IGIABA SCEGO is a Somali Italian writer, cultural activist, and freelance scholar. She was born in Rome to Somali parents who took refuge in Italy following a coup d'état in their native country, where her father served as foreign minister. She holds a PhD in education on postcolonial subjects, has done extensive academic work in Italy and around the world, and has a special interest in immigration and mobility. Her first memoir won Italy's prestigious Mondello Prize. Her novel The Color Line won the Premio Napoli. Scego received the International Viareggio-Répaci awards in 2021. Most recently, she was longlisted for Premio Strega for her second memoir Cassandra a Mogadiscio. Her previous novels include Beyond Babylon and Adua. She also co-edited the anthology series Africana (Feltrinelli) with Chiara Piaggio.
Cuprins
Contents
Foreword: Literary Writing in the Words of Anna Maria Gehnyei
Igiaba Scego
Translators’ Note
Eilis Kierans and Sandra Waters
1 Seven Years Old
2 African Braids
3 Snakes and Dad
4 Scars on Skin
5 If You Know Your History
6 The Secret Diary
7 All the Relatives
8 The Kpelle People
9 The Initiation
10 La Lingua Parlata
11 Mussolini the Italian
12 The Diamond Princess
13 The Power of Twins
14 The First Sister
15 Rocks in Our Shoes
16 The Sound of Drums
17 The Black Body
18 Pidgin English
19 Roma Nord
20 The 29
21 The Motivator
22 The Guy from CasaPound
23 Fingerprints
24 Federico
25 I Dream of Water
26 Silent on the Surface
27 Mom Doesn’t Want Me to Go to Liberia
28 The Journey to Liberia
29 Oceanic Currents
30 Blessings
31 Italian Citizenship
32 Karima
Notes on Contributors
Foreword: Literary Writing in the Words of Anna Maria Gehnyei
Igiaba Scego
Translators’ Note
Eilis Kierans and Sandra Waters
1 Seven Years Old
2 African Braids
3 Snakes and Dad
4 Scars on Skin
5 If You Know Your History
6 The Secret Diary
7 All the Relatives
8 The Kpelle People
9 The Initiation
10 La Lingua Parlata
11 Mussolini the Italian
12 The Diamond Princess
13 The Power of Twins
14 The First Sister
15 Rocks in Our Shoes
16 The Sound of Drums
17 The Black Body
18 Pidgin English
19 Roma Nord
20 The 29
21 The Motivator
22 The Guy from CasaPound
23 Fingerprints
24 Federico
25 I Dream of Water
26 Silent on the Surface
27 Mom Doesn’t Want Me to Go to Liberia
28 The Journey to Liberia
29 Oceanic Currents
30 Blessings
31 Italian Citizenship
32 Karima
Notes on Contributors
Recenzii
"A rapper, dancer, and beatmaker, Anna Maria Gehnyei is also a bold and brash writer. Every line of her electrifying memoir pulses with sharp social critique. You will love it all!"
"In this important memoir, Anna Maria Gehnyei revisits the route she traveled in order to inhabit her 'Black Body' with pride and determination, in a country like Italy, where bodies like hers are constantly racialized. Through the exploration of her family memory and a journey to Liberia, Gehnyei grounds her present in the past, creating continuity between her own story and the stories of the children of the African diaspora around the world."
"In this important memoir, Anna Maria Gehnyei revisits the route she traveled in order to inhabit her 'Black Body' with pride and determination, in a country like Italy, where bodies like hers are constantly racialized. Through the exploration of her family memory and a journey to Liberia, Gehnyei grounds her present in the past, creating continuity between her own story and the stories of the children of the African diaspora around the world."
Descriere
The memoir of rapper and activist Anna Maria Gehnyei, The Black Body reveals the challenges she faced as the child of Liberian immigrants, born and raised in Rome but perpetually viewed by her fellow Italians as a foreigner.