For the category of the Other and the subaltern, see Young’s Postcolonialism, particularly part 5, ‘Formations of Postcolonial Theory Notes to pages 87–8 211 8 The ‘poesia rusticana’ originates in the strambotti (one-stanza poems in hendecasyllables, usually an octave or sextet), one of the most ancient Italian popular verse forms, and rispetti (stanza of eight… Continue reading For the category of the Other and the subaltern, see Young’s Postcolonialism, particularly part 5, ‘Formations of Postcolonial Theory