The Impeded Archipelago of Corsica and Sardinia
Sardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France) are two islands divided by a strait that is 13 km wide. Their inhabitants have had commercial and cultural links at least since the Bronze Age, facing similar historical processes such as colonization from mainland powers during Middle Ages and a problematic ass...
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Island Studies Journal
2021-05-01
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| author | Marcel A. Farinelli |
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| description | Sardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France) are two islands divided by a strait that is 13 km wide. Their inhabitants have had commercial and cultural links at least since the Bronze Age, facing similar historical processes such as colonization from mainland powers during Middle Ages and a problematic assimilation within the nation-states to which the islands are nowadays associated. Nevertheless, they are generally perceived and analyzed as separate and distant islands. This is a consequence of the geopolitical context of the last three centuries, during which Corsica and Sardinia have become part of two separate states marked by a troubled relationship. This study has two main purposes: explaining the case of the two islands through a historical analysis of the island-to-island relationship between the 17th and 21st Centuries and proposing the concept of ‘impeded archipelago’ to describe analogous situations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4f58918ef3de4031ab44a6da51f16e682023-07-29T06:40:15ZengIsland Studies JournalIsland Studies Journal1715-25932021-05-01161The Impeded Archipelago of Corsica and SardiniaMarcel A. FarinelliSardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France) are two islands divided by a strait that is 13 km wide. Their inhabitants have had commercial and cultural links at least since the Bronze Age, facing similar historical processes such as colonization from mainland powers during Middle Ages and a problematic assimilation within the nation-states to which the islands are nowadays associated. Nevertheless, they are generally perceived and analyzed as separate and distant islands. This is a consequence of the geopolitical context of the last three centuries, during which Corsica and Sardinia have become part of two separate states marked by a troubled relationship. This study has two main purposes: explaining the case of the two islands through a historical analysis of the island-to-island relationship between the 17th and 21st Centuries and proposing the concept of ‘impeded archipelago’ to describe analogous situations.https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.142 |
| spellingShingle | Marcel A. Farinelli The Impeded Archipelago of Corsica and Sardinia Island Studies Journal |
| title | The Impeded Archipelago of Corsica and Sardinia |
| title_full | The Impeded Archipelago of Corsica and Sardinia |
| title_fullStr | The Impeded Archipelago of Corsica and Sardinia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impeded Archipelago of Corsica and Sardinia |
| title_short | The Impeded Archipelago of Corsica and Sardinia |
| title_sort | impeded archipelago of corsica and sardinia |
| url | https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.142 |
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