The Pinocchio Effect: On Making Italians, 1860-1920 by Suzanne Stewart-Steinb
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- Condition
- Book Title
- The Pinocchio Effect: On Making Italians, 1860-1920
- Publication Date
- 2008-01-15
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN
- 9780226774480
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Pinocchio Effect : on Making Italians, 1860-1920
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- Europe / Italy, Popular Culture, Europe / General, European / Italian
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 30.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226774481
ISBN-13
9780226774480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59968147
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Pinocchio Effect : on Making Italians, 1860-1920
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Europe / Italy, Popular Culture, Europe / General, European / Italian
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
30.6 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-015192
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"This is a brilliant work from beginning to end, and it will take up a previously empty place on our bookshelves as a strikingly original diagnosis of Italian modernity. Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg uncovers a wealth of fin-de-siècle obsessions with the ways that bodies were measured and disciplined, attached to apparatuses, and made to move autonomously. The result is a fresh contribution to both the field of Italian studies and a psychoanalytically informed theory of ideology and its workings."-Barbara Spackman, University of California, Berkeley, This is a brilliant work from beginning to end, and it will take up a previously empty place on our bookshelves as a strikingly original diagnosis of Italian modernity. Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg uncovers a wealth of fin-de-siècle obsessions with the ways that bodies were measured and disciplined, attached to apparatuses, and made to move autonomously. The result is a fresh contribution to both the field of Italian studies and a psychoanalytically informed theory of ideology and its workings., "Allowing textual materials and theories-historical, literary, cinematic, photographic, operatic, educational, psychological-to speak to each other in an exciting interdisciplinary dialogue, firmly rooted in a strong sense of historical context, this book ambitiously attempts to redefine Italian modernity. Pinocchio, that canonical boy/man/puppet, becomes emblematic of the Italian national character, and even beyond that of the subject of modernity in general: a puppet who moves at the will of others, but also an autonomous being-with no strings attached. Using this figure as a 'hinge,' Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg insightfully opens up areas that range from a paternal authoritarianism to the psychology of the masses, always basing her finely tuned analysis in the extended criticism and frequently allegorized readings of Pinocchio in Italian culture. After all, Pinocchio is also self-reflexively fictional: he lies, and we can see the results of his stories on his body."-Linda Hutcheon, University of Toronto, "An extraordinary book, The Pinocchio Effect is eclectic and stimulating at every turn. I found the reading of Pinocchio in relation to the paternal and the liberal subject to be captivating. I know of no other work that narrates and describes the nineteenth century in Italy with such nuance and force."Karen Pinkus, University of Southern California, "An extraordinary book, The Pinocchio Effect is eclectic and stimulating at every turn. I found the reading of Pinocchio in relation to the paternal and the liberal subject to be captivating. I know of no other work that narrates and describes the nineteenth century in Italy with such nuance and force."-Karen Pinkus, University of Southern California, [The author's] reading of these post-unification intellectuals is sophisticated and injects a theoretical framework and literary analysis so often missing from historical studies. . . . I would recommend The Pinocchio Effect , with its combination of literary analysis and history, as necessary reading for Italianists in both fields., An often brilliant and very important work, and not just for scholars of modern Italy. It offers nothing less than a new way of writing the messy history of the late nineteenth century and, more broadly, a new way of mobilizing the past for the present., Allowing textual materials and theories-historical, literary, cinematic, photographic, operatic, educational, psychological-to speak to each other in an exciting interdisciplinary dialogue, firmly rooted in a strong sense of historical context, this book ambitiously attempts to redefine Italian modernity. Pinocchio, that canonical boy/man/puppet, becomes emblematic of the Italian national character, and even beyond that of the subject of modernity in general: a puppet who moves at the will of others, but also an autonomous being-with no strings attached. Using this figure as a 'hinge,' Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg insightfully opens up areas that range from a paternal authoritarianism to the psychology of the masses, always basing her finely tuned analysis in the extended criticism and frequently allegorized readings of Pinocchio in Italian culture. After all, Pinocchio is also self-reflexively fictional: he lies, and we can see the results of his stories on his body., "This is a brilliant work from beginning to end, and it will take up a previously empty place on our bookshelves as a strikingly original diagnosis of Italian modernity. Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg uncovers a wealth of fin-de-siecle obsessions with the ways that bodies were measured and disciplined, attached to apparatuses, and made to move autonomously. The result is a fresh contribution to both the field of Italian studies and a psychoanalytically informed theory of ideology and its workings."Barbara Spackman, University of California, Berkeley, The book has the merit of highlighting new and complex issues in the formation of Italian national identity., Allowing textual materials and theories--historical, literary, cinematic, photographic, operatic, educational, psychological--to speak to each other in an exciting interdisciplinary dialogue, firmly rooted in a strong sense of historical context, this book ambitiously attempts to redefine Italian modernity. Pinocchio, that canonical boy/man/puppet, becomes emblematic of the Italian national character, and even beyond that of the subject of modernity in general: a puppet who moves at the will of others, but also an autonomous being--with no strings attached. Using this figure as a 'hinge,' Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg insightfully opens up areas that range from a paternal authoritarianism to the psychology of the masses, always basing her finely tuned analysis in the extended criticism and frequently allegorized readings of Pinocchio in Italian culture. After all, Pinocchio is also self-reflexively fictional: he lies, and we can see the results of his stories on his body., An extraordinary book, The Pinocchio Effect is eclectic and stimulating at every turn. I found the reading of Pinocchio in relation to the paternal and the liberal subject to be captivating. I know of no other work that narrates and describes the nineteenth century in Italy with such nuance and force., "An extraordinary book, "The Pinocchio Effect" is eclectic and stimulating at every turn. I found the reading of "Pinocchio" in relation to the paternal and the liberal subject to be captivating. I know of no other work that narrates and describes the nineteenth century in Italy with such nuance and force."--Karen Pinkus, University of Southern California
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
945/.084
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Pinocchio Effect: On Autonomy and Influence 2 The Secret Power of Suggestion: Scipio Sighele's Succubal Subject 3 The Queen and the Deputy: The Representative Politics of Matilde Serao's La Conquista di Roma 4 Love's Gravity: The Perverse Gymnastics of Edmondo De Amicis 5 An Unwritable Law of Maternal Love: The Infanticide Debate 6 In a Dark Continent: Cesare Lombroso's Other Italy 7 Social Maria: The Scientific Feminism of Maria Montessori 8 Maria Montessori: The Writing Subject Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index
Synopsis
Soon after the disparate states of the Italian peninsula unified in the 1860s to create a single nation, the nationalist Massimo D'Azeglio is said to have remarked, "We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians." The Pinocchio Effect draws on a remarkably broad array of sources to trace this making of a modern national identity in Italy, a subject that remains strikingly understudied in the English-speaking world of Italian studies. Taking as her guiding metaphor the character of Pinocchio--a national icon made famous in 1881 by the eponymous children's book--Susan Stewart-Steinberg argues that just like the renowned puppet, modern Italians were caught in a complex interplay between freely chosen submission and submission demanded by an outside force. In doing so, she explores all the ways that identity was constructed through newly formed attachments, voluntary and otherwise, to the young nation. Featuring deft readings of the period's most important Italian cultural and social thinkers--including the theorist of mass psychology Scipio Sighele, the authors Matilde Serao and Edmondo De Amicis, the criminologist Cesare Lombroso, and the pedagogue Maria Montessori--Stewart-Steinberg's richly multidisciplinary book will set a new standard in Italian studies.
LC Classification Number
DG442.S74 2007
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- n***c (92)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.