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New perspectives in Italian cultural studies Volume 1, Definitions, theory, and accented practices / edited by Graziella Parati.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
- The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies ; 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--Italy--Congresses.
- Popular culture.
- Italy--Social life and customs--1945---Congresses.
- Italy.
- Italy--Civilization--1945---Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Madison [NJ] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book on cultural studies aims to identify the status of the field in Italian cultural studies. It contains articles that will interest a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes and it is an invaluable resource for scholars of Italian studies.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; VOLUME 1 INTRODUCTION: STUDYING CULTURES: Definitions, Theory and Accented Practices; Part I. DEFINITIONS AND THEORY; Chapter 1. INTELLECTUALS AND SUBALTERN GROUPS BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND DISCOURSE: The Difficult Politics of Cultural Studies; Chapter 2. NON FINITO: The Form of Italian Cultural Studies; Chapter 3. COMMUNITY AND GLOBALIZATION; Chapter 4. "LE CENERI DI PASOLINI": The Role of the Intellectuals from Nation to Alienation; Chapter 5. POLYLINGUAL WRITING AND THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN TODAY'S ITALY*
- Chapter 6. THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Open Port or Border Wall?Part II. PRACTICE (CASE STUDIES); Chapter 7. "BETWEEN HIS GESTURE AND MY SMILE: "Hip Hop Culture in Italy through the Figure of Massiccio; Chapter 8. "IS IT BECAUSE I'M A WOP?": Queer Diaspora and Postcolonial Italy; Chapter 9. ITALY MADE IN JAPAN: Occidentalism, Self-Orientalism, and Italianism in Contemporary Japan; Chapter 10. ITALY'S UNMENTIONABLE RACISM: Reflections on the Image of Foreigners in Italian Culture; Chapter 11. ARCADIAN HISTORIES: Italian Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean; INDEX; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-68393-780-5
- 1-283-62331-5
- 9786613935762
- 1-61147-533-3
- OCLC:
- 855502217
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