03955nam 2200673 a 450 991045476630332120200520144314.00-520-93982-41-59734-978-X10.1525/9780520939820(CKB)111056485642006(EBL)223494(OCoLC)475928156(SSID)ssj0000267492(PQKBManifestationID)11208157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267492(PQKBWorkID)10334638(PQKB)10703495(MiAaPQ)EBC223494(DE-B1597)520889(OCoLC)50668009(DE-B1597)9780520939820(Au-PeEL)EBL223494(CaPaEBR)ebr10053556(EXLCZ)9911105648564200620010814d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe view from Vesuvius[electronic resource] Italian culture and the southern question /Nelson MoeBerkeley, Calif. University of California Pressc20021 online resource (369 p.)Studies on the history of society and culture ;46Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24826-0 0-520-22652-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-335) and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction: How Did Southern Italy Become "the South"? --I. Imagining the South. 1750-1850 --II. Representing the South in the Risorgimento. 1825-1861 --III. Representing the South in Postunification Italy. 1870-1885 --Conclusion: What the South Enables Us to Say --Bibliography --IndexThe 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. This finely crafted book shows that the Southern Question is far from just an Italian issue, for its origins are deeply connected to the formation of European cultural identity between the mid-eighteenth and late nineteenth centuries. Moe examines an exciting range of unfamiliar texts and visual representations including travel writing, political discourse, literary texts, and etchings to illuminate the imaginative geography that shaped the divide between north and south. His narrative moves from a broad examination of the representation of the south in European culture to close readings of the literary works of Leopardi and Giovanni Verga. This groundbreaking investigation into the origins of the modern vision of the Mezzogiorno is made all the more urgent by the emergence of separatism in Italy in the 1990's.Studies on the history of society and culture ;46.Public opinionItaly, NorthernStereotypes (Social psychology)ItalyItaly, SouthernCivilizationPublic opinionItaly, SouthernSocial conditions19th centuryPublic opinionItaly, SouthernPolitics and government19th centuryPublic opinionElectronic books.Public opinionStereotypes (Social psychology)945/.708Moe Nelson1961-456133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454766303321The view from Vesuvius2467507UNINA