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The empire of stereotypes : (Record no. 632934)
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| fixed length control field | 01911nam a2200325 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 260927s2006 xxu 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781403972392 |
| ISBN | 1403972397 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 848.609 |
| Item number | CAS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Casillo, Robert |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The empire of stereotypes : |
| Sub Title | Germaine de Staël and the idea of Italy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Robert Casillo |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 379 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In Corinne, or Italy, as in On Literature, Germaine de Staël not only draws from the tradition of Northern European stereotypes of Italy and the Italians, but transmits their influence to nineteenth-century writers and artists. These ambiguous and typically negative representations, which are examined historically in the works of travel writers over nearly three centuries, are shown to be in many instances more than simply subjective constructs, but rather the partial consequence of the decline of Italy from the later seventeenth century up to the Risorgimento. Their deeper implications are considered in relation to prior studies of the Italian national character by Leopardi, Barzini, Bollati, Sciolla, and Tullio-Altan, Burke's 'Historical anthropology of modern Italy, ' Norbert Elias's formulation of the 'civilizing process, ' and various theories of alterity and violence, including tho |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Staël, Madame de 1766-1817 -- Appreciation -- Italy. |
| Topical Term | Italy -- Civilization. |
| Topical Term | National characteristics, Italian. |
| Topical Term | Appreciation |
| Topical Term | Civilization |
| Topical Term | Italian National characteristics |
| Topical Term | Italy |
| Topical Term | Italian literature, history and criticism |
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| -- | New York : |
| -- | Palgrave Macmillan, |
| -- | 2006 |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 27.09.2026 | 848.609 CAS | 321512 | 27.09.2026 | Books |