Italian Cultural Studies: An Introduction

by Robert Lumley

Book Overview

This illustrated introduction to the study of modern Italian culture brings together specialists in the fields of language; politics; religious, ethnic, and gender identities; the mass media; cultural policy; and movie stars. In four thematic sections, the contributors elucidate their own slice of Italian culture. Geographies questions received notions of the Italian nation, the family, the "South" and corruption; it also looks at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198715099
• ISBN13: 9780198715092
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"