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Italian culture shows the differences and the extremes of a country constantly torn between advanced capitalism and a Mediterranean identity linked to the world of making do. Likewise its television can be considered a patchwork of chance juxtapositions: high quality film productions and spectacular co-productions go hand in hand with the massive import of fiction from all over the world; outstanding information and news programmes co-exist with the non-stop broadcasting of what is called ‘cheap women’s fiction’; and experimental cultural programmes rub shoulders with minor networks exclusively devoted to auctions.1
The undeniable fascination in writing (talking and thinking) about television comes from its being unavoidably out-dated
(E. Ghezzi)
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Curti, L. (1990). Imported Utopias. In: Barański, Z.G., Lumley, R. (eds) Culture and Conflict in Postwar Italy. University of Reading European and International Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20841-8_18
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