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The Pinocchio effect : on making Italians (1860-1920) / Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg.

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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
xv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Contents:
  • The Pinocchio effect : on autonomy and influence
  • The secret power of suggestion : Scipio Sighele's succubal subject
  • The queen and the deputy : the representative politics of Matilde Serao's La conquista di Roma
  • Love's gravity : the perverse gymnastics of Edmondo De Amicis
  • An unwritable law of maternal love : the infanticide debate
  • In a dark continent : Cesare Lombroso's other Italy
  • Social Maria : the scientific feminism of Maria Montessori
  • Maria Montessori : the writing subject.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-415) and index.
ISBN:
  • 9780226774480
  • 0226774481
OCLC:
123079546
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