New perspectives in Italian cultural studies [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 1 Definitions, theory, and accented practices / / edited by Graziella Parati

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465451303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Madison [NJ], : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-62331-5; 9786613935762; 1-61147-533-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Collana: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies ; ; 19
• Altri autori (Persone): ParatiGraziella
• Disciplina: 945.092
• Soggetti: Popular culture - Italy; Electronic books.; Italy Social life and customs 1945- Congresses; Italy Civilization 1945- Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.