New Perspectives in Italian Cultural Studies Definition, Theory, and Accented Practices
by Parati, GraziellaFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-07-13
Publisher(s): Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
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Summary
New Perspectives in Italian Cultural Studies. Volume 1: Definitions, Theory, and Accented Practices is a collection of essays that identifies a number of different approaches in cultural studies and in Italian cultural studies in particular. It highlights that history of cultural studies and new developments in the field as well focuses on practicing cultural studies with essays devoted to Italian hip hop culture, postcolonial Italy and queer diaspora, Occidentalism in Japan, Italian racism and colonialism.
Author Biography
Graziella Parati is the Paul D. Paganucci Professor of Italian Literature and Language and professor in the Comparative Literature and Women's and Gender Studies Programs at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction: Studying Cultures: Definitions, Theory, and Accented Practices | p. ix |
| Definitions and Theory | |
| Intellectuals and Subaltern Groups between Structure and Discourse: The Difficult Politics of Cultural Studies | p. 3 |
| Non Finito: The Form of Italian Cultural Studies | p. 19 |
| Community and Globalization | p. 53 |
| "Le ceneri di Pasolini": The Role of the Intellectuals from Nation to Alienation | p. 69 |
| Polylingual Writing and the Politics of Language in Today's Italy | p. 87 |
| The Mediterranean Sea: Open Port or Border Wall? | p. 113 |
| Practice (Case Studies) | |
| "Between his Gesture and My Smile": Hip Hop Culture in Italy through the Figure of Massiccio | p. 149 |
| "Is It Because I'm a Wop?": Queer Diaspora and Postcolonial Italy | p. 175 |
| Italy Made in Japan: Occidentalism, Self-Orientalism, and Italianism in Contemporary Japan | p. 195 |
| Italy's Unmentionable Racism: Reflections on the Image of Foreigners in Italian Culture | p. 215 |
| Arcadian Histories: Italian Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean | p. 231 |
| Index | p. 259 |
| About the Contributors | p. 269 |
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