(Counter)Theories and Gender Studies in a Transnational Perspective.

The volume is interdisciplinary and includes contributes from scholars in the fields of Comparative literature, English studies, Portuguese and Brazilian literature, European studies, Sociology and History, Political Science, Gender studies, Italian literature, Semiotics. This publication is connected to SENT (Network of European Studies), an innovative project including 100 partners from the EU member states. The volume reconsiders the complex issue of “European Identity/ies” and is divided into two parts; the first one investigates it from a diachronic perspective based on a comparative and cultural method. The second section presents case studies and sociological investigations of the European identity/ies today. This essay analyses theoretical issues connected to the recent debates on cultural memory (in cultural and literary studies) and revisits them within a gender perspective. This redefinition of cultural memory is especially re-elaborated starting from the theoretical debates between Europe and the U.S and encompasses both literary studies and critical theories.