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" Darkest Italy : "
John Dickie.
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BL
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966771
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b721141
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| Main Entry
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Dickie, John,1963-
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Darkest Italy : : the nation and stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900 /\ John Dickie.
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First edition.
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New York :: St. Martin's Press,, 1999.
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209 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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0312221681
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: 9780312221683
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index.
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| Abstract
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"Stereotypical representations of the Mezzogiorno are a persistent feature of Italian culture on all levels. In Darkest Italy, John Dickie analyzes these stereotypes in the post-Unification period, when the Mezzogiorno was widely seen as barbaric, violent, and irrational, an "Africa" on the European continent. At the same time, this is the moment when the Mezzogiorno became a metaphor for the state of the country as a whole, the index of Italy's modernity. Dickie argues that these stereotypes, rather than being a symptom of the failings of national identity in Italy, were actually integral to the way Italy's bourgeoisie imagined themselves as Italian.
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Drawing on recent theories of "Otherness" and national identity, Dickie brings a new light to a key and well-established facet of Italian history - the relationship between the South and the nation as a whole."--Jacket.
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Public opinion-- Italy, Northern.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)-- Italy.
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Civilization-- Public opinion.
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Politics and government-- Public opinion.
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Politics and government.
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Public opinion.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Vorurteil
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Culturele identiteit.
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Natievorming.
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Regionale ongelijkheid.
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Stereotypen.
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Italy, Politics and government, 1870-1914.
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Italy, Southern, Civilization, Public opinion.
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Italy, Southern, Politics and government, 1861-1922, Public opinion.
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Italy, Southern, Social conditions, 19th century, Public opinion.
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Italien, Süd
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Italy.
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Northern Italy.
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Southern Italy.
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| Dewey Classification
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945/.7
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| LC Classification
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DG825.D53 1999
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15.70bcl
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945.709
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| Parallel Title
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Nation and stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900
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