Darkest Italy
the nation and stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900
by Dickie, John
"Stereotypical representations of the Mezzogiorno are a persistent feature of Italian culture on all levels. In Darkest Italy, John Dickie analyzes these stereotypes in the post-Unification period, when the Mezzogiorno was widely seen as barbaric, violent, and irrational, an "Africa" on the European continent. At the same time, this is the moment when the Mezzogiorno became a metaphor for the state of the country as a whole, the index of Italy's modernity.
Dickie argues that these stereotypes, rather than being a symptom of the failings of national identity in Italy, were actually integral to the way Italy's bourgeoisie imagined themselves as Italian. Drawing on recent theories of "Otherness" and national identity, Dickie brings a new light to a key and well-established facet of Italian history - the relationship between the South and the nation as a whole."--BOOK JACKET.
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19th century, Civilization, Italy, Politics and government, Public opinion, Social conditions, Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Social psychology), Public opinion, europe, Italy, civilization, Italy, social conditionsPlaces
Italy, Northern Italy, Southern ItalyTimes
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Darkest Italy: the nation and stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900
1999, St. Martin's Press
in English
- 1st ed.
0312221681 9780312221683
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Darkest Italy: the nation and stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900
1999, Macmillan
in English
0333802187 9780333802182
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-202) and index.
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