Between the seas : Island identities in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas / Deborah Paci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paci, Deborah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe.

Mediterranean countries--Baltic Sea.

Mediterranean countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

System Details:

text file

HTML/PDF

Summary:

In Between The Seas, Deborah Paci takes a comparative view of insularity in island identities through case studies of islands in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. These case studies include, in the Baltic case, Gotland, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa; and in the Mediterranean case, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta and Corsica. Examining multiple sites of these islands' identities such as history, environmental concerns and governance systems, this study provides a historical perspective into the relations between islands and the larger geopolitical regions around them as well as historicizing "insularist" rhetoric deployed by pro-independence groups within them. Paci examines the changing role and increasing political importance of islands in the European Union against the history of island insularity and offers a significant contribution to the wider field of island studies..

Contents:

Introduction Chapter 1: Island Identity: Insularity, Islandness and Insularism Chapter 2: Autonomism and independentism in insular Mediterranean areas (1914-Present) Chapter 3: Autonomism and insular identity in the Baltic Sea Region (1914-Present) Chapter 4: The views of the European Institutions on the island question (1950-Present) Chapter 5: The myth of maritime unity and Islands networks in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean regions (1990-Present) Conclusion Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781838606220

183860622X

9781838606206

1838606203

OCLC:

1345614771