عنوان

Darkest Italy :

(Number (ISBN

0312299524

(Number (ISBN

1281366617

(Number (ISBN

9780312299521

(Number (ISBN

9781281366610

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b543227

Title Proper

Darkest Italy :

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[Book]

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the nation and stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900.

First Statement of Responsibility

John Dickie

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Basingstoke

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Macmillan

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2000

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(240 pages)

Text of Note

Introduction --;A World at War: The Italian Army and Brigandage --;The Birth of the Southern Question --;The Power of the Picturesque: Representations of the South in the Illustrazione Italiana --;Francesco Crispi's Sicilianite --;Conclusion.

Text of Note

Stereotypical representations of the Mezzogiorno are a persistent feature of Italian culture at all levels. In Darkest Italy, John Dickie analyzes these stereotypes in the post-Unification period, when the Mezzogiorno was widely seen as barbaric, violent or irrational, an "Africa" on the European continent. At the same time, this is the moment when the Mezzogiorno became a metaphor for the state of the country as a whole, the index of Italy's modernity. Dickie argues that these stereotypes, rather than being a symptom of the failings of national identity in Italy, were actually integral to the way Italy's bourgeoisie imagined themselves as Italian. Drawing on recent theories of Otherness and national identity, Dickie brings a new light to an important and well-established area of Italian history--the relationship between the South and the nation as a whole.

Italy, Southern -- Civilization -- Public opinion.

Italy, Southern -- Politics and government -- 1861-1922 -- Public opinion.

Italy, Southern -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Public opinion.

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John Dickie

John Dickie

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