Italy and the Cultural Politics of World War I (eBook)
182 Seiten
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61147-951-5 (ISBN)
Italy and the Cultural Politics of World War I dialogues with the variety of texts recently published to commemorate the Great War. It explores Italian socialist pacifism, the role of women during the conflict and a dominant cultural movement, Futurism, whose leader, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, glorified war and enlisted in the fight. Other soldiers created documents about the war that differ from the heroic and virile endeavor that Marinetti placed at the center of his works on war. Italy and the Cultural Politics of World War I pays attention to the representations of the soldiers through an analysis of their letters, dominated by descriptions of the terrible hunger they suffered. In contrast, popular film absorbed the cultural lessons in Marinettis writings and represented soldiers as modernist heroes in comedies and dramas. However, film did not shy away from representing cowards who could only be baffoons and fools in propaganda films. In another medium, the concern was to publish texts that would serve the fighting soldier and inform readers about ideological and historical motivations for the conflict. The publishing industry supported national propaganda efforts. Only socialism could endanger anti-war publication, but after its initial opposition to the conflict, socialists occupied a neutral position. Italian socialism still remained the only European socialist party that did not renege its pacifism in order to embrace nationalism and the war, but it was also not in favor of actions that would sabotage in the Italian war industry. ltalian socialism is only one feature of Italian culture that was dramatically changed during the war. WWI impacted every aspect of Italian and of European cultures. For instance, as an essay in Italy and the Cultural Politics of World War I explores, the war industry needed workers. The solution was to bring Chinese men France to contribute in the war effort. After the war, they moved to other countries and in Milan, Italy, they founded one of the oldest Chinatowns in Europe, dramatically changing the human landscape of Italy as they later moved to other Italian cities. Italy and the Cultural Politics of World War I supplies essential research articles to the construction of an inclusive portrayal of WWI and Italian culture by deepening our understanding of the transformative role it played in 20th century Italy and Europe.
Graziella Parati is the Paul D. Paganucci Professor of Italian Literature and Language and professor in the Comparative Literature and Women's and Gender Studies Programs at Dartmouth College.
IntroductionGraziella Parati 1The Italian Socialists and the Great WarDiego Lazzarich 2Fascinating Exploits: Marinetti’s Futurist Performance on the Stage of the Great WarCinzia Blum3Nurses, Spies, and Sacrifice: Female Citizenship and Patriotism in ItalyAllison Scardino Belzer4‘Quando la realta’ cammina piu’ rapida della fantasia:’ Italian Cinema and WWIGiorgio Bertellini5War, Laughter, and the Mechanized Body in Italian Silent FilmMichael Syrimis 6The Specter of Hunger: Letters and Diaries of Italian Prisoners of WarAntonio Gibelli 7Writing and Publishing in Italy during the Great WarLoretta De Franceschi 8Chinese Labor Migration and the First World War: Global Geography and Mobility from China to France ItalySteven Rowe IndexAbout the Editor and Contributors
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.9.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies |
Co-Autor | Allison Scardino Belzer, Giorgio Bertellini, Cinzia Blum, Loretta De Franceschi, Antonio Gibelli, Diego Lazzarich, Steven E. Rowe, Michael Syrimis |
Zusatzinfo | 15 Illustrations including: - 13 Black & White Illustrations; - 2 Tables. |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Schlagworte | History • Italian studies • Italy • World History • World War I |
ISBN-10 | 1-61147-951-7 / 1611479517 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-61147-951-5 / 9781611479515 |
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