City and Nation in the Italian Unification : The National Festivals of Dante Alighieri / Mahnaz Yousefzadeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yousefzadeh, Mahnaz.

Series:

Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Italian and Italian American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Anniversaries, etc.

Dante Alighieri.

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.

National characteristics, Italian--History.

National characteristics, Italian.

Group identity--Italy--History.

Group identity.

History.

Florence (Italy)--History.

Florence (Italy).

Italy.

Physical Description:

x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"This book narrates the first national celebration of united Italy, the Sixth Centenary of Dante Alighieri in May 1865. Denominated alternatively as a national, European, and secular festa, the affair materialized as an eclectic Italian monument with extraordinary political, social and cultural significance. The Centenary was a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian identity emerged, one based on a Florentine cultural nationalism that opposed the Savoyard territorial nationalism. An stunningly popular event celebrated throughout Italian civil society, the festa was conceived, organized, and strategically promoted from a municipal center, the city of Florence. Its Florentine organizers successfully wrote the story of the Centenary as a parable of the Florentine son, Dante, who fathered the Italian nation as well as king Victor Emmanuel himself"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230108646

0230108644

OCLC:

669751256