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Revisioning Italy
. Ed(S): Allen, Beverly; Russo, Mary
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Paperback. Editor(s): Allen, Beverly; Russo, Mary. Num Pages: 423 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Explores Italian national identity.
More than any other nation, Italy—from its imperial past to its subordinate present, from its colonial forays to its splendid isolation—embodies the myriad and contradictory historical forms of nationhood. This volume covers a range of subjects drawn from Italy and abroad to study the historical and contemporary formations of Italian national identity. In doing so, the work illuminates Italy past and present as well as the local and global dimensions of national identity in general.
Whether considering opera or Ninja Turtles, these essays reveal how cultural identity is constructed and manipulated-an issue made urgent by the influx of ... Read moreBy analyzing Italy’s European and Mediterranean identities, its highly regional character, its north-south economic imbalance, and its ethnic complexity, this truly interdisciplinary volume resists the hierarchizing and monumentalizing of traditional Italian studies in the United States. It will inform and redirect our understanding of what constitutes “Italy.”Contributors: Mohamed Aden; John Agnew, Syracuse U; Ayele Bekerie, Cornell U; Elaine K. Chang, Rutgers U; Antonio Marazzi, U of Padua, Italy; Francesca Miller, U of California, Davis; Antonio Negri, U of Paris VIII, France; Graziella Parati, Dartmouth College; Karen Pinkus, Northwestern U; Paul Robinson, Stanford U; Pasquale Verdicchio, U of California, San Diego; Marguerite R. Waller, U of California, Riverside; and David Ward, Wellesley College. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816627271
SKU
V9780816627271
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About . Ed(S): Allen, Beverly; Russo, Mary
Beverly Allen is associate professor of French, Italian, comparative literature, and women’s studies at Syracuse University. Mary Russo is professor of literature and critical theory at Hampshire College.
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