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We have witnessed over the years the pluralization of co-existing and overlapping televisual spaces, on a global, transnational, regional and local scale (Straubhaar 2007), but this reconfiguration has not undermined the conception and reality of televisual space as being pre-eminently (even if not exclusively) national. Accordingly, the paraphrase of one of Mark Twain’s famous quips — rumours of the death of the nation have been greatly exaggerated — has echoed in many authoritative statements in support of the lasting importance and even the central position of the nation for today’s media world and hence for television studies (Curran and Park 2000; Morris and Waisbord 2001; Thussu 2009; Turner and Tay 2009). Television drama in Italy is a case in point, as the birth and development of domestic storytelling are inextricably interwoven with the national culture, identity and heritage with which Italian broadcasting since its inception in the mid-1950s has established and entertained a close dialogue.
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Buonanno, M. (2015). Italian TV Drama: The Multiple Forms of European Influence. In: Bondebjerg, I., Redvall, E.N., Higson, A. (eds) European Cinema and Television. Palgrave European Film and Media Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137356888_10
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