MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010293504
003 DLC
005 20100806090104.0
008 100707s2010 enkab 000 0 eng
010 $a 2010293504
015 $aGBA985049$2bnb
016 7 $a015357816$2Uk
020 $a9781854186287 (pbk.)
020 $a1854186280 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn434563906
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050 00 $aDG441$b.I89 2010
082 04 $a306.0945$222
245 00 $aItaly :$bbe fluent in Italian life and culture /$c[editor in chief: Andrew Whittaker].
246 3 $aSpeak the culture, Italy
260 $aLondon :$bThorogood,$cc2010.
300 $a307 p. :$bill., maps ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aSpeak the culture
500 $aMaps on endpapers.
505 0 $aIdentity: the foundations of Italian culture -- Literature and philosophy -- Art, architecture and design -- Music, theatre, dance and comedy -- Cinema and fashion -- Media and communications -- Food and drink -- Living culture: the state of modern Italy.
520 $a"Italy has a bewildering cultural patrimony. Where do you start? With Giotto? With Caravaggio? In murky Etruscan tombs or the mighty Roman Pantheon? Speak the Culture: Italy sifts through a sprawling 3,000 year saga and makes sense of it; dissecting architecture, music, food, art, literature, cinema and much more. Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Mussolini: you've heard of them, but how did they live? What were their achievements and failings, and how are they remembered in Italy today? Speak the Culture: Italy explores the place of these and other figures in the national identity, in the story that made the modern nation. Culture is covered in its broadest sense, extending into the everyday modes of life - the food and drink, religion, politics, sport, character and so on. On one side lies the famous lust for life, expressed in everything from the Carnevale Di Venezia to the family mealtime; on the other lies a darker story of organised crime, corruption and political transience. And while the Italian peninsula has its ancient history, as a state the famous boot, or Lo Stivale, remains young, so the nuances of strong, surviving regional identities are also revealed."--Publisher's description.
651 0 $aItaly$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aItaly$xCivilization.
651 0 $aItaly$xDescription and travel.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, Italian.
700 1 $aWhittaker, Andrew.
830 0 $aSpeak the culture.