Italian Cultural Studies An Introduction

by Forgacs, David; Lumley, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780198715092
• ISBN10: 0198715099
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 and Society brings together historical analyses of cultural policy, stars and style, and popular music. The book includes guidance for further reading and a chronology of political and cultural events since 1900.

Author Biography

David D. Forgacs is a Fellow of Gonville and Caius and University Lecturer in Italian at Cambridge University.
Robert R. Lumley is Lecturer in Italian Studies at University College, London

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. v
List of Contributors	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction Approaches to Culture in Italy	p. 1
References	p. 9
Geographies	p. 13
Imagined Italies	p. 19
Comparing Italy: the Case of Corruption	p. 34
Anthropological Perspectives on Culture in Italy	p. 52
References	p. 68
Images of the South	p. 72
Linguistic Variety and Linguistic Minorities	p. 88
Further Reading	p. 101
Analysis: Fantasy Maps	p. 102
Identities	p. 105
Political Identities	p. 107
Catholic Culture	p. 129
Gender Relations	p. 144
Immigration and Social Identities	p. 160
Analysis: Two Images of Catholicism	p. 182
Media	p. 183
A Geography of the Media Since 1945	p. 185
Peculiafities of the Italian Newspaper	p. 199
Cinema	p. 216
Television and Its Critics: a Parallel History	p. 233
Post-War Italian Narrative: an Alternative Account	p. 248
Analysis: Ladri Di Biciclette	p. 261
Analysis: The Political Cartoon	p. 266
Culture and Society Introduction	p. 271
Cultural Consumption, 1940s to 1990s	p. 273
Cultural Policy	p. 291
Fame, Fashion, and Style: the Italian Star System	p. 309
Popular Song and Musical Cultures	p. 327
Analysis: Paninari	p. 344
Analysis: Two Ideas of Stardom	p. 347
Chronology	p. 350
Index	p. 361
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