The Cambridge companion to modern Italian culture /

The Cambridge companion to modern Italian culture / Modern Italian culture edited by Zygmunt G. Barański and Rebecca J. West. - xix, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 The notion of Italy 17 -- ,JOHN DICKIE -- 2 Social and political cultures in Italy from 1860 to the present day 35 -- ANNA CENTO BULL -- 3 Questions of language 63 -- BRIAN RICHARDSON -- 4 Intellectuals, culture and power in modern Italy 81 -- DAVID WARD -- 5 Catholicism 97 -- PERCY ALLUM -- 6 Socialism, Communism and other 'isms' 113 -- ROBERT S. DOMBROSKI -- 7 other voices: contesting the status quo 131 -- SHARON WOOD and JOSEPH FARRELL -- :8 Narratives of self and society 151 -- GIAN-PAOLO BIASIN -- 9 Searching for new languages: modern Italian poetry 173 -- SHIRLEY W. VINALL and TOM O'NEILL -- lo Drama: realism, identity and reality on stage 197 -- ANN LAURA LEPSCHY -- 11 Italian cinema 215 -- PETER BONDANELLA -- 12 Art in modern Italy: from the Macchiaioli to the -- Transavanguardia 243 -- EUGENIA PAULICELLI -- 13 A modern identity for a new nation: design in Italy since 1860 265 -- PENNY SPARKE -- 14 Fashion: narration and nation 282 -- EUGENIA PAULICELLI -- 15 The media 293 -- CHRISTOPHER WAGSTAFF -- 16 Since Verdi: Italian serious music 1860-1995 311 -- JOHN C. G. WATERHOUSE -- 17 Folk music and popular song from the nineteenth century to -- the 199os 325 -- ALESSANDRO CARRERA -- 18 Epilogue: Italian culture or multiculture in the new -- millennium? 337 -- REBECCA J. WEST -- Index 347.

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Arts, Italian--20th century.
Arts, Italian--19th century.


Italy--Civilization--20th century.
Italy--Civilization--19th century.
Italy--Intellectual life--20th century.
Italy--Intellectual life--19th century.

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