| Making and Remaking Italy: The Cultivation of National Identity Around the Risorgimento Contributor(s): Ascoli, Albert Russell (Editor), Von Henneberg, Krystyna (Editor), Ascoli, A. R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1859734529 ISBN-13: 9781859734520 Publisher: Berg 3pl OUR PRICE: $52.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: This important new book considers many of the ways in which national identity was imagined, implemented and contested within Italian culture before, during and after the period of Italian unification in the mid-nineteenth century. Taking a fresh approach towards national icons cherished by both Left and Right, the collection's authors examine the complex interaction between a perceived need for national identity and the fragmented nature of the Italian peninsula. In so doing, they draw on examples from a wide range of artistic and cultural media. The book opens with an introduction which defines the case of the Italian 'Risorgimento' and places it within a large context of European and global nation-building and nationalism. Authors discuss how episodes from the distant past were used by nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, musicians, and writers to recreate narratives of nationhood, as well as how the problem of Italian identity was before and during the Risorgimento. The question of who belonged in the new Italy, who remained outsiders, and how social and sexual differences entered into defining these groups is also addressed. The book concludes with an analysis of twentieth-century attempts to appropriate and reforge the 'spirit' of the Risorgimento, under Fascism and in our own time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: 945 |
| Lexile Measure: 1570 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.5" W x 8.54" (0.95 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This important new book considers many of the ways in which national identity was imagined, implemented and contested within Italian culture before, during and after the period of Italian unification in the mid-nineteenth century. Taking a fresh approach towards national icons cherished by both Left and Right, the collection's authors examine the complex interaction between a perceived need for national identity and the fragmented nature of the Italian peninsula. In so doing, they draw on examples from a wide range of artistic and cultural media.The book opens with an introduction which defines the case of the Italian 'Risorgimento' and places it within a large context of European and global nation-building and nationalism. Authors discuss how episodes from the distant past were used by nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, musicians, and writers to recreate narratives of nationhood, as well as how the problem of Italian identity was before and during the Risorgimento. The question of who belonged in the new Italy, who remained outsiders, and how social and sexual differences entered into defining these groups is also addressed. The book concludes with an analysis of twentieth-century attempts to appropriate and reforge the 'spirit' of the Risorgimento, under Fascism and in our own time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ascoli, Albert Russell: - Albert Russell is Ascoli Professor of Italian Studies, at the University of California, Berkeley. Von Henneberg, Krystyna: -Krystyna Von Henneberg is an Assistant Professor of History, at the University of California, Davis. |