Italian Cultural Studies An Introduction

Name: Italian Cultural Studies An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780198715092

ISBN-10: 0198715099

ISBN-13: 9780198715092

Edition: 1996

Authors: David Forgacs, Robert Lumley

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This illustrated introduction to the study of modern Italian culture brings together specialists in the fields of language; politics; religious, ethnic, and gender identities; the mass media; cultural policy; and movie stars. In four thematic sections, the contributors elucidate their own slice of Italian culture. Geographies questions received notions of the Italian nation, the family, the "South" and corruption; it also looks at anthropological approaches to culture and at Italy's linguistic pluralism. Identities examines gender, religion, politics, and ethnicity as a means by which people define themselves and others. Media explores the press, literature, television, and cinema. Culture…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/12/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgements


List of Contributors


Abbreviations


Introduction Approaches to Culture in Italy


References



Geographies



Imagined Italies



Comparing Italy: the Case of Corruption



Anthropological Perspectives on Culture in Italy


References



Images of the South



Linguistic Variety and Linguistic Minorities


Further Reading


Analysis: Fantasy Maps



Identities



Political Identities



Catholic Culture



Gender Relations



Immigration and Social Identities


Analysis: Two Images of Catholicism



Media



A Geography of the Media Since 1945



Peculiafities of the Italian Newspaper



Cinema



Television and Its Critics: a Parallel History



Post-War Italian Narrative: an Alternative Account


Analysis: Ladri Di Biciclette


Analysis: The Political Cartoon



Culture and Society Introduction



Cultural Consumption, 1940s to 1990s



Cultural Policy



Fame, Fashion, and Style: the Italian Star System



Popular Song and Musical Cultures


Analysis: Paninari


Analysis: Two Ideas of Stardom


Chronology


Index