TY - BOOK AU - Parati,Graziella TI - New perspectives in Italian cultural studies T2 - The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies SN - 9781611475333 AV - DG451 .N49 2012eb U1 - 945.092 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Madison, Lanham, Md. PB - Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group KW - Popular culture KW - Italy KW - Congresses KW - Culture populaire KW - Italie KW - Congrès KW - HISTORY KW - Europe KW - bisacsh KW - Civilization KW - fast KW - Manners and customs KW - Social life and customs KW - 1945- KW - Mœurs et coutumes KW - Civilisation KW - Electronic books KW - Conference papers and proceedings N1 - One of two volumes originating from a conference on Italian cultural studies held at Dartmouth College in 2010. The second volume is entitled New studies in Italian culture : the arts and history; "Volume 1" appears with subtitle but there will be no volume 2 for this title; Includes bibliographical references and index; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; VOLUME 1 INTRODUCTION: STUDYING CULTURES: Definitions, Theory and Accented Practices; Part I. DEFINITIONS AND THEORY; Chapter 1. INTELLECTUALS AND SUBALTERN GROUPS BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND DISCOURSE: The Difficult Politics of Cultural Studies; Chapter 2. NON FINITO: The Form of Italian Cultural Studies; Chapter 3. COMMUNITY AND GLOBALIZATION; Chapter 4. "LE CENERI DI PASOLINI": The Role of the Intellectuals from Nation to Alienation; Chapter 5. POLYLINGUAL WRITING AND THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN TODAY'S ITALY*; Chapter 6. THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Open Port or Border Wall?Part II. PRACTICE (CASE STUDIES); Chapter 7. "BETWEEN HIS GESTURE AND MY SMILE: "Hip Hop Culture in Italy through the Figure of Massiccio; Chapter 8. "IS IT BECAUSE I'M A WOP?": Queer Diaspora and Postcolonial Italy; Chapter 9. ITALY MADE IN JAPAN: Occidentalism, Self-Orientalism, and Italianism in Contemporary Japan; Chapter 10. ITALY'S UNMENTIONABLE RACISM: Reflections on the Image of Foreigners in Italian Culture; Chapter 11. ARCADIAN HISTORIES: Italian Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean; INDEX; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS N2 - This book on cultural studies aims to identify the status of the field in Italian cultural studies. It contains articles that will interest a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes and it is an invaluable resource for scholars of Italian studies UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=506049 ER -