Dr. Saskia Kroonenberg is a scholar in cultural studies at Radboud University (the Netherlands). Her research spans literary and cultural studies, Antonio Gramsci, new materialism, postcolonial and gender studies

• Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Notion of the Mother TonguePostcolonial GramsciImmanent Grammar: Language, Terra, BodyOutline of the BookA Note on this LanguageChapter 1. The Language Question and the Mother Tongue: Unification, Expansion, ExclusionA Missing Mother TongueUnifying Italy: The Language QuestionExpanding Italy: Colonialism and FascismA Living Mother Tongue: Technologies and Varieties Postcolonial Literature and the Mother TongueConclusion: A Mother Tongue with an Accent Chapter 2. Gramsci and the Mother Tongue: Immanent Grammar, Subalternity, Molecular ChangesGramsci the LinguistImmanent GrammarImmanent Grammar and SubalternityImmanence: LanguageImmanence: TerraImmanence: Body Conclusion: Rethinking the Mother Tongue with Gramsci Chapter 3. Rethinking the Mother Tongue Today: From Gramsci to Postcolonial Literature From Gramsci to FutureFuture is a VerbGrammar and Racism in “Nassan Tenga”Terra and Names in “Il mio nome” Bodies and Meanings in “Abbiamo pianto un fiume di risate”Conclusion: Language, Terra, BodyConclusion: The Mother Tongue as Immanent GrammarThe Mother Tongue in Italy

Dr. Saskia Kroonenberg is a scholar in cultural studies at Radboud University (the Netherlands). Her research spans literary and cultural studies, Antonio Gramsci, new materialism, postcolonial and gender studies

• Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Notion of the Mother TonguePostcolonial GramsciImmanent Grammar: Language, Terra, BodyOutline of the BookA Note on this LanguageChapter 1. The Language Question and the Mother Tongue: Unification, Expansion, ExclusionA Missing Mother TongueUnifying Italy: The Language QuestionExpanding Italy: Colonialism and FascismA Living Mother Tongue: Technologies and Varieties Postcolonial Literature and the Mother TongueConclusion: A Mother Tongue with an Accent Chapter 2. Gramsci and the Mother Tongue: Immanent Grammar, Subalternity, Molecular ChangesGramsci the LinguistImmanent GrammarImmanent Grammar and SubalternityImmanence: LanguageImmanence: TerraImmanence: Body Conclusion: Rethinking the Mother Tongue with Gramsci Chapter 3. Rethinking the Mother Tongue Today: From Gramsci to Postcolonial Literature From Gramsci to FutureFuture is a VerbGrammar and Racism in “Nassan Tenga”Terra and Names in “Il mio nome” Bodies and Meanings in “Abbiamo pianto un fiume di risate”Conclusion: Language, Terra, BodyConclusion: The Mother Tongue as Immanent GrammarThe Mother Tongue in Italy

Dr. Saskia Kroonenberg is a scholar in cultural studies at Radboud University (the Netherlands). Her research spans literary and cultural studies, Antonio Gramsci, new materialism, postcolonial and gender studies

• Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Notion of the Mother TonguePostcolonial GramsciImmanent Grammar: Language, Terra, BodyOutline of the BookA Note on this LanguageChapter 1. The Language Question and the Mother Tongue: Unification, Expansion, ExclusionA Missing Mother TongueUnifying Italy: The Language QuestionExpanding Italy: Colonialism and FascismA Living Mother Tongue: Technologies and Varieties Postcolonial Literature and the Mother TongueConclusion: A Mother Tongue with an Accent Chapter 2. Gramsci and the Mother Tongue: Immanent Grammar, Subalternity, Molecular ChangesGramsci the LinguistImmanent GrammarImmanent Grammar and SubalternityImmanence: LanguageImmanence: TerraImmanence: Body Conclusion: Rethinking the Mother Tongue with Gramsci Chapter 3. Rethinking the Mother Tongue Today: From Gramsci to Postcolonial Literature From Gramsci to FutureFuture is a VerbGrammar and Racism in “Nassan Tenga”Terra and Names in “Il mio nome” Bodies and Meanings in “Abbiamo pianto un fiume di risate”Conclusion: Language, Terra, BodyConclusion: The Mother Tongue as Immanent GrammarThe Mother Tongue in Italy