World's Fairs Italian-Style : : The Great Expositions in Turin and their Narratives, 1860-1915 / / Cristina Della Coletta.
According to conventional wisdom, Italy was not an influential participant in the nationalistic and imperialistic discourses that world's fairs produced in countries such as Great Britain, France, and the United States. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, however, Italy hosted...
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Della Coletta, Cristina, author. World's Fairs Italian-Style : The Great Expositions in Turin and their Narratives, 1860-1915 / Cristina Della Coletta. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2006 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Toronto Italian Studies Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Spectacle of Inventing a Nation: World's Fairs and Their Narratives in Italy, 1860-1915 -- 1 Prologues to World's Fairs: National Expositions and Nation Building in Turin -- 2 Turin 1911: The 'Fabulous Exposition' -- 3 Emilio Salgari: Writing Exposition Style -- 4 Guido Gozzano's Imperial Ambiguities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star According to conventional wisdom, Italy was not an influential participant in the nationalistic and imperialistic discourses that world's fairs produced in countries such as Great Britain, France, and the United States. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, however, Italy hosted numerous national and international exhibitions expounding notions of national identity, imperial expansion, technological progress, and capitalist growth.World's Fairs Italian-Style explores world's fairs in Italy at the turn of the twentieth century in comparison to their more famous counterparts in France, England, and the United States. Cristina Della Coletta demonstrates that, because of its social fragmentation and hybrid history, Italy was a site of both hegemony and subordination - an aspiring imperial power whose colonization started from within. She focuses on two best-selling authors, Emilio Salgari and Guido Gozzano, and illustrates how these authors interpreted their age's 'exposition mentality.' Salgari and Gozzano's exposition narratives, Della Coletta argues, reveal Italy's uncertainties about own sense of national identity, and its belated commitment to Western imperialism.Of interest to students and scholars of literature, cultural history, and Italian, World's Fairs Italian-Style provides a fascinating glimpse into a hitherto unexplored area of study, and brings to light a cultural phenomenon that played a significant role in shaping Italy's national identity. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Exhibitions Italy Turin History 19th century. Literature and society Italy History 19th century. Nationalism Italy History 19th century. Nationalism Italy History 20th century. HISTORY / Europe / Italy. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110667691 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802091154 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442627307 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442627307.jpg |
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