italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
Call for papers: AAIS 2013
Dear list members,
I am putting together the following panel for the 2013 AAIS conference.
The Urban/Rural Dynamic In Modern Italian Society And Culture
Italy has long been both a highly urbanised society, and at the same
time a largely rural one. However, it is only with the ‘economic
miracle’ of the late 1950s that urbanisation really began to
accelerate, particularly with the growth of the northern industrial
cities. During this period, tensions increased between rural and urban
Italy, fuelled by migration and the rise of mass culture and
communication. Rural depopulation was on the increase while migration,
the mass media and the growth of mass tourism in the 1960s, brought
rural and urban Italy into direct contact with each other.
Italian history and culture – magazines, fiction, films, first person
texts etc – reflected these tensions in all their forms, from snobbery
about ‘peasants’, anxiety about women and migrant youth in the city,
migration and social conflict to nostalgia for a half imagined rural
Italy. This panel invites papers that address the theme, particularly
in the post-war period. Perspectives from history, cultural studies,
anthropology, literature and film studies are welcomed.
Please send abstracts to [log in to unmask] by November 15.
Best wishes,
Niamh
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Dr Niamh Cullen
IRCHSS CARA mobility fellow
University College Dublin and
Universita degli studi di Milano
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