LEADER 04846nam 2201021 a 450 001 9910780077903321 005 20230817224045.0 010 $a0-520-93982-4 010 $a1-59734-978-X 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520939820 035 $a(CKB)111056485642006 035 $a(EBL)223494 035 $a(OCoLC)475928156 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000267492 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208157 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267492 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10334638 035 $a(PQKB)10703495 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223494 035 $a(DE-B1597)520889 035 $a(OCoLC)50668009 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520939820 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL223494 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10053556 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485642006 100 $a20010814h20022002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe view from Vesuvius $eItalian culture and the southern question /$fNelson Moe 210 $aBerkeley, Calif. $cUniversity of California Press$d2002 210 4$aŠ2002 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 349 pages) 225 1 $aStudies on the history of society and culture ;$v46 311 0 $a0-520-24826-0 311 0 $a0-520-22652-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-335) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: How Did Southern Italy Become "the South"? --$tI. Imagining the South. 1750-1850 --$tII. Representing the South in the Risorgimento. 1825-1861 --$tIII. Representing the South in Postunification Italy. 1870-1885 --$tConclusion: What the South Enables Us to Say --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe vexed relationship between the two parts of Italy, often referred to as the Southern Question, has shaped that nation's political, social, and cultural life throughout the twentieth century. But how did southern Italy become "the south," a place and people seen as different from and inferior to the rest of the nation? Writing at the rich juncture of literature, history, and cultural theory, Nelson Moe explores how Italy's Mezzogiorno became both backward and picturesque, an alternately troubling and fascinating borderland between Europe and its others. This finely crafted book shows that the Southern Question is far from just an Italian issue, for its origins are deeply connected to the formation of European cultural identity between the mid-eighteenth and late nineteenth centuries. Moe examines an exciting range of unfamiliar texts and visual representations including travel writing, political discourse, literary texts, and etchings to illuminate the imaginative geography that shaped the divide between north and south. His narrative moves from a broad examination of the representation of the south in European culture to close readings of the literary works of Leopardi and Giovanni Verga. This groundbreaking investigation into the origins of the modern vision of the Mezzogiorno is made all the more urgent by the emergence of separatism in Italy in the 1990's. 410 0$aStudies on the history of society and culture ;$v46. 606 $aPublic opinion$zItaly, Northern 606 $aStereotypes (Social psychology)$zItaly 607 $aItaly, Southern$xCivilization$xPublic opinion 607 $aItaly, Southern$xSocial conditions$y19th century$xPublic opinion 607 $aItaly, Southern$xPolitics and government$y19th century$xPublic opinion 610 $a20th century. 610 $acivic. 610 $acultural history. 610 $acultural identity. 610 $acultural life. 610 $acultural theory. 610 $aeurope. 610 $agiovanni verga. 610 $agovernment and governing. 610 $ahistorians. 610 $ahistoriography. 610 $aideological differences. 610 $aitalian culture. 610 $aitalian history. 610 $aitalian literature. 610 $aitalian politics. 610 $aitalian society. 610 $aitaly. 610 $aleopardi. 610 $amezzogiorno. 610 $anational divides. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $apolitical divides. 610 $apolitical theory. 610 $aseparatism. 610 $asouthern italy. 610 $asouthern question. 610 $atravel writing. 610 $avesuvius. 610 $awestern history. 615 0$aPublic opinion 615 0$aStereotypes (Social psychology) 676 $a945/.708 700 $aMoe$b Nelson$f1961-$0456133 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780077903321 996 $aThe view from Vesuvius$93755365 997 $aUNINA