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In Italy and the Cultural Politics of World War I, well-known scholars of history, political science, film, literature, and cultural studies explore the impact that the Great War had on twentieth-century culture and the enduring legacy of the cultural products that it engendered.
List of contents
Introduction
Graziella Parati
1 The Italian Socialists and the Great War
Diego Lazzarich
2 Fascinating Exploits: Marinetti's Futurist Performance on the Stage of the Great War
Cinzia Blum
3 Nurses, Spies, and Sacrifice: Female Citizenship and Patriotism in Italy
Allison Scardino Belzer
4 'Quando la realta' cammina piu' rapida della fantasia:' Italian Cinema and WWI
Giorgio Bertellini
5 War, Laughter, and the Mechanized Body in Italian Silent Film
Michael Syrimis
6 The Specter of Hunger: Letters and Diaries of Italian Prisoners of War
Antonio Gibelli
7 Writing and Publishing in Italy during the Great War
Loretta De Franceschi
8 Chinese Labor Migration and the First World War: Global Geography and Mobility from China to France Italy
Steven Rowe
Index
About the Editor and Contributors
About the author
Edited by Graziella Parati - Contributions by Diego Lazzarich; Cinzia Blum; Allison Scardino Belzer; Giorgio Bertellini; Michael Syrimis; Antonio Gibelli; Loretta De Franceschi and Steven E. Rowe
Summary
In Italy and the Cultural Politics of World War I, well-known scholars of history, political science, film, literature, and cultural studies explore the impact that the Great War had on twentieth-century culture and the enduring legacy of the cultural products that it engendered.
