Fashioning Italian Youth - Young People''s Identity and Style in Italian Popular Culture, 1958-75

Fashioning Italian youth examines representations of Italian young people's style trends and bodily practices in teen magazines, Musicarelli films and TV programmes. It explores changes in the media construction of young people's generational, national and gender identity, and contextualises them in the history of 1960-1970s Italian society.

About the author

Cecilia Brioni is Research Fellow of Italian at Trinity College Dublin

Summary

Fashioning Italian youth examines representations of Italian young people’s style trends and bodily practices in teen magazines, Musicarelli films and TV programmes. It explores changes in the media construction of young people’s generational, national and gender identity, and contextualises them in the history of 1960–1970s Italian society. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Cecilia Brioni
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781526162007
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6200-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Studies in Popular Culture
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, 20th Century, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism