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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Lumley , John Foot , Halldóra Arnardóttir , Enrica CapussottiPublisher: University of Exeter Press Imprint: University of Exeter Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.821kg ISBN: 9780859897365ISBN 10: 0859897362 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 30 May 2004 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations, vii; List of Maps, viii; Illustration Acknowledgements, viii; Notes on Contributors, ix; Acknowledgements, xii; Signposts: An Introduction ROBERT LUMLEY AND JOHN FOOT, 1; PART I OVERVIEW, 13; 1 Through the Looking-Glass: Research on the Italian City in Historical Perspective SERGIO PACE, 15; PART II MIGRATION: OLD CITIES, NEW IDENTITIES, 29; 2 The Two Waves: Milan as a City of Immigration, 1955-1995 GIANFRANCO PETRILLO, 31; 3 Revisiting the Coree. Self-construction, Memory and Immigration on the Milanese Periphery, 1950-2000 JOHN FOOT, 46; 4 Immigration, Nationalism and Exclusionary Understandings of Place in Turin LAURA MARITANO, 61; PART III URBAN RENEWAL AND TROUBLED MODERNITY, 75; 5 Architectural Utopias and La Nuova Dimensione: Turin in the 1960s MARY LOUISE LOBSINGER, 77. 6 Architecture and Modernity in Post-war Milan HALLDORA ARNARDOTTIR, 90; 7 Turin after Arte Povera: A New City of Art? ROBERT LUMLEY, 100; 8 Contested Claims to Public Space: The Re-imaging of Naples and the Case of Piazza Plebiscito NICHOLAS DINES, 114; PART IV URBAN FICTIONS: 'HIGH' AND 'LOW', 127; 9 Calvino in Turin: Writer and Editor CLAUDIA NOCENTINI, 129; 10 Crime and the City in the Detective Fiction of Giorgio Scerbanenco GIULIANA PIERI, 144; 11 Imaginary Cities: Space and Identity in Italian Literature of Immigration SANDRA PONZANESI, 156; PART V GREY ZONES: CINEMA AND THE CITY, 167; 12 Scenarios of Modernity: Youth Culture in 1950s Milan ENRICA CAPUSSOTTI, 169; 13 Palermo in the Films of Cipri and Maresco ABELE LONGO, 185; ENDPIECE, 197; 14 Adriati-citta: Notes on a Post-industrial Landscape PIPPO CIORRA, 199; Notes, 204; Index, 237.Reviews'An innovative collection of essays by an impressive range of contributors. There is a need for this book. It will have several audiences and a wide 'cross-over' appeal.' (Martin Brown, Senior Lecturer in History, Staffordshire University) 'This is an excellent collection of essays tracing the massive changes of the contemporary Italian city, which shows how a multidisciplinary approach is not only desired, but required for understanding these changes. It provides an ideal entry point into new ways of looking at the city.' (Italian Cityscapes: Culture and Urban Change in Contemporary Italy, European History Quarterly, Vol. 40.1, January 2010) “An innovative collection of essays by an impressive range of contributors. There is a need for this book. It will have several audiences and a wide ‘cross-over’ appeal.” –Martin Brown, Senior Lecturer in History, Staffordshire University--Martin Brown An innovative collection of essays by an impressive range of contributors. There is a need for this book. It will have several audiences and a wide 'cross-over' appeal. -Martin Brown, Senior Lecturer in History, Staffordshire University--Martin Brown An innovative collection of essays by an impressive range of contributors. There is a need for this book. It will have several audiences and a wide cross-over' appeal. -Martin Brown, Senior Lecturer in History, Staffordshire University Author InformationJohn Foot is Professor of Modern Italian History at Bristol University. He is the author of Milan since the Miracle: City, Culture and Identity (Berg, 2001) and Modern Italy (Palgrave, 2003). Robert Lumley is Professor of Italian Cultural History, University College London. He is editor, with Jonathan Morris, of The New History of the Italian South: The Mezzogiorno Revisited (UEP, 1997) and, with D. Forgacs, of Italian Cultural Studies (OUP, 1996). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |