This article contributes to the expanding body of scholarship investigating the problematic correlations between racism, the legacy of colonialism, and configurations of national and cultural identity in post-war Italy. It does so through a yet unexplored perspective: that of the attitude of Italian publishing towards literature from former colonies. More specifically, it examines the reception of anglophone Caribbean novels written by ‘Windrush writers’ in the 1950s and 1960s. The article provides evidence of how Italian agents and publishers – belonging to the country’s intellectual elite, and many of whom publicly espoused anticolonial positions – not only proved to be more interested in the exotic, picturesque contents of Caribbean literature than in its historical, ideological, and political significance, but sometimes actively opposed the circulation of texts containing anticolonial or pro-Black identity claims. Some of their comments demonstrate the persistence of racist and derogatory assumptions of an imagined black and colonial Other, and a negation of their identity as both political subjects and cultural producers, if they failed to conform to dominant expectations. The expectations and the evaluation criteria active in the reception of Caribbean novels allow for an assessment of the ambiguous attitude of Italian publishing agents towards colonialism, race, and alterity.

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“由所谓的殖民者或混血儿写的书”：意大利出版商对 1950 年代和 1960 年代 Windrush 作家小说的接受度

本文有助于扩大研究种族主义、殖民主义遗产以及战后意大利民族和文化认同配置之间存在问题的相关性的学术机构。它通过一个尚未探索的视角来做到这一点：意大利出版业对前殖民地文学的态度。更具体地说，它考察了 1950 年代和 1960 年代由“Windrush 作家”撰写的以英语为母语的加勒比小说的接受度。这篇文章提供了证据，证明意大利代理人和出版商——属于该国的知识精英，其中许多人公开拥护反殖民立场——不仅证明对加勒比文学的异国情调、风景如画的内容更感兴趣，而不是对其历史、意识形态、和政治意义，但有时积极反对包含反殖民或亲黑人身份声明的文本的传播。他们的一些评论表明，如果他们不符合主流预期，他们会持续存在对想象中的黑人和殖民他者的种族主义和贬损假设，并否定他们作为政治主体和文化生产者的身份。积极接受加勒比小说的期望和评估标准允许评估意大利出版商对殖民主义、种族和异质性的模棱两可的态度。如果他们不符合主流期望，他们作为政治主体和文化生产者的身份就会被否定。积极接受加勒比小说的期望和评估标准允许评估意大利出版商对殖民主义、种族和异质性的模棱两可的态度。如果他们不符合主流期望，他们作为政治主体和文化生产者的身份就会被否定。积极接受加勒比小说的期望和评估标准允许评估意大利出版商对殖民主义、种族和异质性的模棱两可的态度。