The Black Mediterranean: Bodies, Borders and Citizenship

This edited volume aims to problematise and rethink the contemporary European migrant crisis in the Central Mediterranean through the lens of the Black Mediterranean. Bringing together scholars working in geography, political theory, sociology, and cultural studies, this volume takes the Black Mediterranean as a starting point for asking and answering a set of crucial questions about the racialized production of borders, bodies, and citizenship in contemporary Europe: what is the role of borders in controlling migrant flows from North Africa and the Middle East?; what is the place for black bodies in the Central Mediterranean context?; what is the relevance of the citizenship in reconsidering black subjectivities in Europe? The volume will be divided into three parts. After the introduction, which will provide an overview of the theoretical framework and the individual contributions, Part I focuses on the problem of borders, Part II features essays focused on the body, and Part III isdedicated to citizenship.

About the Author

This volume is edited by The Black Mediterranean Collective, comprised ofthe following members: Camilla Hawthorne : Assistant Professor of Sociology and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Angelica Pesarini : Lecturer in Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU Florence, Italy. Gabriele Proglio : Researcher in Contemporary History at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Timothy Raeymaekers : Senior Lecturer and Research Associate at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich. Ida Danewid : Lecturer in Gender and Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, UK. Vivian Gerrand : Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Giulia Grechi : Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Anthropology of Art at the Fine Arts Academy of Naples, Italy. Giuseppe Grimaldi : Postdoctoral researcher, Department of human sciences, University of Verona, Frontiera Sud Aps, Italy. P. Khalil Saucier: Professor and Director of Africana Studies at Bucknell University.