Interpreting Urban Spaces in Italian Cultures

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2022

Interpreting Urban Spaces in Italian Cultures

Edited by: Andrea Scapolo and Angela Porcarelli

Volume 4 in the series Spatial Imageries in Historical Perspective

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048554638

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About this book

Made up of both material and symbolic elements, the urban space is always dynamic and transitional; it brings together or separates the past and the present, the public and the private, the center and the periphery. The present volume focuses on the interaction between the social processes and spatial forms that shape the identity of Italian cities. Using both canonical and less well-known texts along with cultural artifacts, the essays in the volume deprovincialize the Italian city, interpreting the material and symbolic practices that have made it into a unique entity whose enduring influence extends far outside Italy.

Author / Editor information

Scapolo Andrea :

Andrea Scapolo, is an Associate Professor of Italian at Kennesaw State University. His research focuses on drama-based pedagogy, the theater of Dario Fo and Franca Rame and the reception of Gramsci in post-war Italy.Porcarelli Angela :

Angela Porcarelli, is a Associate Teaching Professor in Italian at Emory University. Her research focuses on Medieval and Renaissance literature, theories and literary expressions of comedy, Modern Italian literature and Italian cinema.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Part I The City as a Performative Space in Early Modern Italy
1. Marketplace Encounters : Social Mixing on the Streets of Early Modern Florence April D. Weintritt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. “Noble Edifices” : The Urban Image of Papal Rome, 1417–1667 Matthew Knox Averett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3. Perspective Cities : Staging Transferable Spaces in Learned Comedy Lucia Gemmani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
4. The Lure of Shopping : The Mercerie in Early Modern Venice and the City as a Permanent Mall Isabella Cecchini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5. Ancient Magnificence and Modern Design: Roman Architecture and Identity in the Printed Works of Alessandro Specchi (1666–1729) and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) Abbey Hafer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Part II The City in Times of Crisis: Urban Spaces in Modern Italy
6. Le piazze d’Italia : De Chirico’s Prophetic Vision of Public Space in Destination Italy Julianne VanWagenen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
7. Colonie Architecture and Fascism’s Cult of Youth Diana Garvin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
8. Fare la vita grigia: The Industrial City of Italo Calvino and Luciano Bianciardi Samantha Gillen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Part III The City as a Space of Conflict: Landscapes of Late Capitalism
9. Il mondo è meglio non vederlo che vederlo : Naples as Urban Dystopia in Un paio di occhiali Brian Tholl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
10. Narratives of a ‘City Under Siege’ : Bodies and Discourses of the 1977 Movement in Bologna Danila Cannamela and Achille Castaldo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
11. Exploring Urban Space : Terzani’s In Asia (1965–1997) Ellen Patat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 39
Keywords: Urban Cultures; Italian Cultures; Representations of Urban Spaces

eBook

Published: December 21, 2022
ISBN: 9789048554638