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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798676803321

Titolo

Italy and the cultural politics of World War I / / edited by Graziella Parati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61147-951-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies

Disciplina

940.3/1

Soggetti

Politics and war - Italy - History - 20th century

War and society - Italy - History - 20th century

War and civilization - Italy - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - Influence

World War, 1914-1918 - Political aspects - Italy

World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - Italy

Italy Politics and government 1914-1945

Italy Social conditions 1918-1945

Italy Social conditions 1870-1918

Italy Intellectual life 20th century

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; Introduction; Chapter One: The Italian Socialists and the Great War; Chapter Two: Fascinating Exploits; Chapter Three: Nurses, Spies, and Sacrifice; Chapter Four: "Quando la realtà cammina più rapida della fantasia"; Chapter Five: War, Laughter, and the Mechanized Body in Italian Silent Film; Chapter Six: The Specter of Hunger; Chapter Seven: Writing and Publishing in Italy during the Great War; Chapter Eight: Chinese Labor Migration and the First World War; Index; About the Contributors; About the Editor

Sommario/riassunto

In Italy and the Cultural Politics of World War I, well-known scholars of history, political science, film, literature, and cultural studies explore the impact that the Great War had on twentieth-century culture and the enduring legacy of the cultural products that it engendered.