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Culture and Conflict in Postwar Italy

Essays on Mass and Popular Culture

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Zygmunt G. Barański

    1. Department of Italian Studies, University of Reading, UK

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  2. Robert Lumley

    1. University of Sussex, UK

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Turbulent Transitions: An Introduction

    1. Turbulent Transitions: An Introduction

      • Zygmunt G. Barański, Robert Lumley
      Pages 1-17

  3. History, Culture, Language: The Italian Experience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Family, Culture and Politics in Contemporary Italy

      • Paul Ginsborg
      Pages 21-49

    3. Italy: Tradition, Backwardness and Modernity

      • Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
      Pages 50-62

    4. How Popular Is Italian?

      • Giulio Lepschy
      Pages 63-75

  4. Religion, Politics, Social Movements: Culture and the People

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Uniformity Undone: Aspects of Catholic Culture in Postwar Italy

      • Percy Allum
      Pages 79-96

    3. The Italian Communist Party and Culture

      • David Forgacs
      Pages 97-114

    4. Challenging Tradition: Social Movements, Cultural Change and the Ecology Question

      • Robert Lumley
      Pages 115-136

  6. Two Case Studies: Cinema and Design in Postwar Italy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. From Neo-Realism to Luci Rosse: Cinema, Politics, Society, 1945–85

      • Stephen Gundle
      Pages 195-224

    3. ‘A Home for Everybody?’: Design, Ideology and the Culture of the Home in Italy, 1945–72

      • Penny Sparke
      Pages 225-241

  7. Looking at Television: From Public Monopoly to Competition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. A Guide to the Neo-Television of the 1980s

      • Umberto Eco
      Pages 245-255

    3. Hard Times for Public Service Broadcasting: The RAI in the Age of Commercial Competition

      • Giuseppe Richeri
      Pages 256-269
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About this book

The late and turbulent transition from a largely rural and peasant society to a modern urban state involved the crisis of rooted popular traditions and the emergence of mass cultural forms. As a result, Italy, once the centre of a cultural world, has increasingly found itself on the periphery of an American media empire and serious questions of cultural identity have been raised. The Italian case is further significant on account of the theoretical and political problems it has posed. As well as dealing with these and related topics, the book examines current tendencies, such as the rapid multiplication of sub-cultures and the crisis of 'mass' forms. Each chapter is written by a specialist in the field. Although the essays normally deal with specific problems, they also highlight both the historical context and more general considerations within their sphere of interest.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Italian Studies, University of Reading, UK

    Zygmunt G. Barański

  • University of Sussex, UK

    Robert Lumley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Culture and Conflict in Postwar Italy

  • Book Subtitle: Essays on Mass and Popular Culture

  • Editors: Zygmunt G. Barański, Robert Lumley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20841-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Zygmunt G. Bara?ski and Robert Lumley 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-45805-1Published: 19 July 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-20841-8Published: 19 July 1990

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 346

  • Topics: Cultural Studies

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