Overview

Sea Change investigates cultural texts that reflect the metamorphosis of the Mediterranean and Caribbean regions during the last two centuries. By placing these two seas side by side, this book challenges conventional distinctions between them and highlights their many shared traits and connections, suggesting new ways to understand the economic, political, and environmental challenges both regions face today. While examining the cultural productions that emerge from the Mediterranean and Caribbean, modern languages scholars Jessica R. Boll, Marilen Loyola, and Sharon Meilahn Bartlett adopt a decentralised approach that moves beyond the influence of the United States and Europe. They further challenge traditional narratives by centering the experiences of individuals from historically repressed groups. Through analyses of visual art, puppet shows, songs, graphic fiction, and television, this volume shifts the focus away from the canonical to foreground accessible and popular forms of expression. By highlighting these places, perspectives, and productions, Sea Change underscores the reciprocal influence between the mainstream and the marginalised. It strives to dismantle (post)colonial hegemonies and demonstrate that those often relegated to the periphery can be agents rather than mere subjects of change.

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Author:   Sharon Bartlett ,  Marilén Loyola ,  Jessica Boll
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781487564360

ISBN 10:   1487564368
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Mapping Mediterranean Meanings & Movement 1. “Recurrent Archival References: Challenging Historical Innovation with Operation Sunken Sea Heba Y. Amin” by Amanda Tavares 2. “Food for Thought: Culinary and Cultural Transformation in El Próximo Oriente”                  Jessica Boll 3. “Routes of Cinematic Memories in the Mediterranean: A View of Rosi’s Fire at Sea and Crialese’s Terraferma” Elena Festa 4. “La Chanson de Roland in Sicily: Muslim ‘Saracens’ in Puppet Shows and Epic Performances” Sherine Hafez 5. “Rituals of the Managed Environment: Blue Flag Beachscapes and the Stewardship-Hospitality Complex” George Papamattheakis Part II: Charting Transatlantic & Caribbean Change 6. “Visualizing the Voices of Migration in Javier de Isusi’s Graphic Novel Asȳlum”                  Marilén Loyola 7. “TV Police Procedurals and Gender: Transformation in Italy and Cuba”                            Barbara Pezzotti and Carlos Uxo 8. “And Once More to the Sea: Afro-Transatlantic Poetics in Boat People”                                Laura García García 9. “A Fractured Whole: Imagining Diasporic Encounters in Praise Ssong for the Widow and Tar Baby” Michèle S. Frank 10. “Emergencia: Cataclysm and Generation in ‘El Recipiente/Tsunami’”                                     Sara Aponte-Olivieri   Conclusion Contributors Index

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Sharon Meilahn Bartlett is a former associate professor of French and currently a customer success representative for McGraw Hill Higher Education. Marilen Loyola is an assistant professor of Spanish at Lake Forest College. Jessica R. Boll is a professor of Spanish at Carroll University.

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