City and Nation in the Italian Unification

The National Festivals of Dante Alighieri
2011. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-10864-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 253 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Italian and Italian American Studies

This study of the first national festival of modern Italy historically reconstructs the event, using a mass of un-catalogued and unpublished documents left by the organizers, which positions the Centenary as a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian national identity emerged.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yousefzadeh, Mahnaz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Dante Centenary and the Centenary's Dante The City Organizes the Nation: The Structures of the Centenary Carnevalino or 'a Cold Official Discourse': The Program of the Festa Inclusion and Exclusion: The Logic of Participation The New Civic Vanguards: The Press and Public Opinion

Über Autor(innen)

MAHNAZ YOUSEFZADEH Professor in the Liberal Studies Program of Arts and Sciences at New York University, USA.