Title New perspectives in Italian cultural studies Vol. 1, Definitions, theory, and accented practices / edited by Graziella Parati.

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Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012.

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Description	1 online resource.
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Series	The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
Note	One of two volumes originating from a conference on Italian cultural studies held at Dartmouth College in 2010. The second volume is entitled New studies in Italian culture : the arts and history.
	"Volume 1" appears with subtitle but there will be no volume 2 for this title.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; VOLUME 1 INTRODUCTION: STUDYING CULTURES: Definitions, Theory and Accented Practices; Part I. DEFINITIONS AND THEORY; Chapter 1. INTELLECTUALS AND SUBALTERN GROUPS BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND DISCOURSE: The Difficult Politics of Cultural Studies; Chapter 2. NON FINITO: The Form of Italian Cultural Studies; Chapter 3. COMMUNITY AND GLOBALIZATION; Chapter 4. "LE CENERI DI PASOLINI": The Role of the Intellectuals from Nation to Alienation; Chapter 5. POLYLINGUAL WRITING AND THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN TODAY'S ITALY*
	Chapter 6. THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Open Port or Border Wall?Part II. PRACTICE (CASE STUDIES); Chapter 7. "BETWEEN HIS GESTURE AND MY SMILE: "Hip Hop Culture in Italy through the Figure of Massiccio; Chapter 8. "IS IT BECAUSE I'M A WOP?": Queer Diaspora and Postcolonial Italy; Chapter 9. ITALY MADE IN JAPAN: Occidentalism, Self-Orientalism, and Italianism in Contemporary Japan; Chapter 10. ITALY'S UNMENTIONABLE RACISM: Reflections on the Image of Foreigners in Italian Culture; Chapter 11. ARCADIAN HISTORIES: Italian Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean; INDEX; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS.
Summary	This book on cultural studies aims to identify the status of the field in Italian cultural studies. It contains articles that will interest a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes and it is an invaluable resource for scholars of Italian studies.
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Subject	Popular culture -- Italy -- Congresses.
	Popular culture.
	Italy.
	Italy -- Social life and customs -- 1945- -- Congresses.
	Manners and customs.
Chronological Term	1945-
Subject	Italy -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Congresses.
	Civilization.
Chronological Term	Since 1945
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	Parati, Graziella.
Other Form:	Print version: 9786613935762 (DLC) 2012012323
ISBN	9781611475333 (electronic book)
	1611475333 (electronic book)
	9781611475326
	1611475325
Standard No.	9786613935762

Title New perspectives in Italian cultural studies Vol. 1, Definitions, theory, and accented practices / edited by Graziella Parati.

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