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Towards a Unified Italy


Towards a Unified Italy

Historical, Cultural, and Literary Perspectives on the Southern Question
Italian and Italian American Studies

von: Salvatore DiMaria

85,59 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 18.07.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9783319907666
Sprache: englisch

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Since unification in 1860, Italy has remained bitterly divided between the rich North and the underdeveloped South. This book examines the historical, literary, and cultural contexts that have informed and inflamed the debate on the Southern Question for over a century. It brings together analysis of cinema, literature, and newspaper archives to reconsider the myths and stereotypes that both Northerners and Southerners deploy in their narratives. Salvatore DiMaria offers a masterful assessment of the entangled issues that have produced the South’s image as impoverished and backwards, such as organized crime, illiteracy, and mass emigration. Documenting the state’s largely failed efforts to bring the South into its socio-economic fold, DiMaria also points to the future, arguing that the European Union and globalization are transformative forces that may finally produce a unified Italy.
1. Introduction: The Southern Question.- 2. In Defense of Garibaldi.- 3. Brigands: Criminals or Patriots?.- 4. The Underdeveloped South.- 5. Emigration.- 6. Italy's Scourge: The Four Mafias.- 7. A Failed Reconstruction.- 8. Toward Making the Italians.
<b>Salvatore DiMaria</b> is Professor of Italian at the University of Tennessee, USA.
Since unification in 1860, Italy has remained bitterly divided between the rich North and the underdeveloped South. This book examines the historical, literary, and cultural context that has informed and inflamed the debate on the Southern Question for over a century. It brings together analysis of cinema, literature, and newspaper archives to reconsider the myths and stereotypes that both Northerners and Southerners deploy in their narratives. Salvatore DiMaria offers a masterful assessment of the entangled issues that have produced the South’s image as impoverished and backwards, such as organized crime, illiteracy, and mass emigration. Documenting the state’s largely failed efforts to bring the South into its socio-economic fold, DiMaria also points to the future, arguing that the European Union and globalization are transformative forces that may finally produce a unified Italy.
Examines the cultural and socioeconomic divide between Northern and Southern Italy from unification in 1860 to the present day Re-evaluates the narratives that have fueled the North-South divide from cultural, literary, and historical perspectives Offers new insight into post-unification Italy and Italian national identity
“This book brings deep scholarship and insight to bear upon the Southern Question as no previous work has done before. A groundbreaking study that moves between North and South and between culture, history, cinema, and politics to address complex cultural issues such as criminality, emigration, and illiteracy.” (Michael Lettieri, Professor of Italian Studies, University of Toronto, Canada)<p>“A much-needed reassessment of the long-held myth that Italy is an irredeemably divided nation. In deft, captivating prose, Salvatore DiMaria offers insights into a number of key issues in post-unified Italy and its political economy.” (Eugenia Paulicelli, Professor of Italian Studies and Comparative Literature, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA)</p>

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