Culture and Customs of Italy

Americans have a voracious appetite for Italy. It remains a primary destination for travel, art history, cuisine, and more. Like no other source, Culture and Customs of Italy engagingly explains the scope of Italy and Italians today to students and general readers in one volume. As well, this book provides the needed context to understand the enormous contributions of Italian Americans in shaping the cultural heritage and current popular culture of the United States.

It clearly summarizes the land, people, and history and relates the highlights of a culture that has excelled in so many areas, such as food, sports, literature, the arts, architecture and design, and cinema. The powerful roles of religion and thought, family and gender, holidays, leisure, and media in Italian life are treated in-depth in individual chapters as well. Crucial regional aspects and historical framing of all topics add to the authoritativeness. A chronology, glossary, photos, and maps round out the coverage.

List of contents

Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology
The Land, People, and History
Religion and Thought
Marriage, Gender, and Family
Holidays, Saints' Days, Festivals, and Food
Leisure Activities and Sport
Literature
Cinema and Mass Media
Performing Arts
Art, Architecture, and Design
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

About the author

CHARLES L. KILLINGER is Professor of History at Valencia Community College and Adjunct Professor at the University of Central Florida where he teaches Italian history. He is the author of Rebel in Two Worlds: Gaetano Salvemini in Italy and America (Praeger, 2002).

Product details

• Authors: Charles Killinger, Charles L. Killinger
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2005
• EAN: 9780313324895
• ISBN: 978-0-313-32489-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 624 g
• Series: Culture and Customs of Europe
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Italy, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Countries and Regions; Geography and World Cultures