Broken Time, Fragmented Space : : A Cultural Map of Postwar Italy / / Anna Maria Torriglia.
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 continui...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2002 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Toronto Italian Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | 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 |
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Summary: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781442671584 9783110667691 9783110490954 |
DOI: | 10.3138/9781442671584 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Anna Maria Torriglia. |