Title The view from Vesuvius : Italian culture and the southern question / Nelson Moe

Published Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 349 pages) Series Studies on the history of society and culture ; [46] Studies on the history of society and culture ; 46. Contents Introduction: How Did Southern Italy Become "the South"? -- Imagining the South, c. 1750-1850 -- Italy as Europe's South -- "L'Europe finit a Naples": Representations of the Mezzogiorno in the Century before Unification II. Representing the South in the Risorgimento, c. 1825-1861 -- The North Looks South, 1825-1848 -- f Bourbons and Barbarism, 1848-1860 -- "This Is Not Italy!": Ruling and Representing the South, 1860-1861 III. Representing the South in Posunification Italy, c. 1870-1885 -- Terra Vergine: Picturing the South in Illustrazione italiana -- The Emergence of the Souther Question in Pasquale Villari and Leopoldo Franchetti -- The Geographical Poetics of Giovanni Verga Conclusion: What the South Enables Us to Say Summary The vexed relationship between the two parts of Italy, often referred to as the Southern Question, has shaped that nation's political, social, and cultural life throughout the twentieth century. But how did southern Italy become "the south," a place and people seen as different from and inferior to the rest of the nation? Writing at the rich juncture of literature, history, and cultural theory, Nelson Moe explores how Italy's Mezzogiorno became both backward and picturesque, an alternately troubling and fascinating borderland between Europe and its others Analysis 20th century civic cultural history cultural identity cultural life cultural theory europe giovanni verga government and governing historians historiography ideological differences italian culture italian history italian literature italian politics italian society italy leopardi mezzogiorno national divides nonfiction political divides political theory separatism southern italy southern question travel writing vesuvius western history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-335) and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Public opinion -- Italy, Northern Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Italy HISTORY. HISTORY -- Europe -- General. Civilization -- Public opinion Politics and government -- Public opinion Public opinion Stereotypes (Social psychology) Regionale ongelijkheid. Culturele identiteit. Beeldvorming. SUBJECT Italy, Southern -- Civilization -- Public opinion Italy, Southern -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Public opinion Italy, Southern -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Public opinion Subject Italy Northern Italy Southern Italy Zuid-Italië Italië Form Electronic book LC no. 2021696763 ISBN 9780520939820 0520939824 0585419787 9780585419787 159734978X 9781597349789

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