North/South, East/West: Mapping Italianness on Television

By Michela Ardizzoni

North/South, East/West focuses on the visual and discursive representation of identity promoted by public and private Italian national television at the turn of the twenty-first century. Michela Ardizzoni examines the role of politics, conglomeration, immigration, and satellite technology in framing discourses of gender, ethnic, and regional identities. In a time of social and political change for Italy, characterized by the increased visibility of ethnic minorities and the rise to political power of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's largest media mogul, North/South, East/West provides an in-depth textual analysis of current programs and their vision of identity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739115766
• ISBN13: 9780739115763
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"