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North/south, east/west : mapping Italianness on television
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North/south, east/west : mapping Italianness on television

Author: Michela Ardizzoni
Publisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2007.
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"North/South, East/West focuses on the visual and discursive representation of identity promoted by public and private Italian national television at the turn of the twenty-first century. Michela Ardizzoni examines the role of politics, conglomeration, immigration, and satellite technology in framing discourses of gender, ethnic, and regional identities. In a time of social and political change for Italy,  Read more...
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Ardizzoni, Michela, 1969-
North/south, east/west.
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2007
(OCoLC)647414031
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Michela Ardizzoni
ISBN: 9780739115756 0739115758 9780739115763 0739115766
OCLC Number: 156994581
Description: xiii, 178 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Articulating identity, globalization, and Italian television --
The Italian television industry : politics, commercialism, and new frontiers --
Watching Italy between the regional and the global --
Through the ethnic lens : national identity on television --
Engendering the nation : women and identity on national television --
The cultural politics of Italian television : some conclusions.
Responsibility: Michela Ardizzoni.
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North/South, East/West analyzes the economic, cultural, and political levels of identity production on contemporary Italian television by focusing particularly on regionalism, gender, ethnicity, and  Read more...

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