Broken time, fragmented space : a cultural map for postwar Italy / / Anna Maria Torriglia

• Autore: Torriglia Anna Maria
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002; ©2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Disciplina: 945.092
• Soggetto topico: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian
• Soggetto geografico: Italy Intellectual life 20th century; Italy Social life and customs 1945-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Time Has Changed -- 2. From Mother to Daughter -- 3. The Myth of America -- 4. The Country at Hand -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Broken Time, Fragmented Space: A Cultural Map for Post-war Italy examines how the artists and intellectuals of post-war Italy dealt with the 'shameful' heritage of their fascist upbringing and education by trying to craft a new cultural identity for themselves and the country. The continuities between the culture of the fascist and post-fascist periods were, however, far greater than what intellectuals were ready to admit, creating an uncomfortable, sometimes schizophrenic relation to time, as a painful urge to erase the past.Drawing on a variety of critical approaches, Torriglia investigates the efforts to reconstruct a personal as well as a collective self by analyzing both canonical and lesser-known cinematic and literary texts. Organized around four main themes - the use of language, the interaction between personal and public spheres, the perceptual categories of history and memory, and the reconstruction of the female identity - the study also includes historical introductions and sociological commentary that provides an extensive and captivating picture of the cultural production in 1950s Italy, a period that has not yet been extensively studied.
• Titolo autorizzato: Broken time, fragmented space
• ISBN: 1-282-02251-2; 9786612022517; 1-4426-7158-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456187203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Toronto Italian studies.