Italy''s Margins ' - Social Exclusion and Nation Formation Since 1861

Five case studies show how different people and places were marginalized and socially excluded as the Italian nation-state was formed.

List of contents

Introduction: looking at margins; 1. Urban peripheries; 2. Colonies; 3. Souths; 4. Asylums; 5. Nomad camps; Conclusion: understanding margins.

About the author

David Forgacs teaches in the Department of Italian Studies at New York University, where he holds the Zerilli-Marimò Chair of Contemporary Italian Studies. Before that (1999–2011) he held the Panizzi Chair of Italian at University College London and he formerly taught at the Universities of Cambridge and Sussex. He is author of Italian Culture in the Industrial Era, 1880–1980 (1990), Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War (with Stephen Gundle, 2007) and editor of Rethinking Italian Fascism (1986), The Antonio Gramsci Reader (1998, 2000) and Italian Cultural Studies (with Robert Lumley, 1996).

Summary

Italy's Margins explores how certain places and social groups in Italy have been defined as marginal or peripheral since unification. The author argues that the Italian nation was formed by excluding certain groups of people who did not fit comfortably into a narrative of modernization, growth and social integration.

Product details

• Authors: David Forgacs, David (New York University) Forgacs, Forgacs David
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2016
• EAN: 9781107668072
• ISBN: 978-1-107-66807-2
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Italy, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history