| North/South, East/West: Mapping Italianness on Television Contributor(s): Ardizzoni, Michela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739115758 ISBN-13: 9780739115756 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $112.86 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: North/South, East/West analyzes the economic, cultural, and political levels of identity production on contemporary Italian television by focusing particularly on regionalism, gender, ethnicity, and immigration as central to Italian identity politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - General |
| Dewey: 302.234 |
| LCCN: 2007030113 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.4" W x 9.08" (0.93 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Italian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: North/South, East/West focuses on the visual and discursive representation of identity promoted by public and private Italian national television at the turn of the twenty-first century. Michela Ardizzoni examines the role of politics, conglomeration, immigration, and satellite technology in framing discourses of gender, ethnic, and regional identities. In a time of social and political change for Italy, characterized by the increased visibility of ethnic minorities and the rise to political power of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's largest media mogul, North/South, East/West provides an in-depth textual analysis of current programs and their vision of identity |