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基本説明
Focussing on his term as Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006, this scholarly volume provides the first assessmet of how the neo-conservative values attributed to Berlusconi were contested and resisted by a variety of groups.
Full Description
Focussing on his term as Prime Minister from 2001-06, this scholarly volume provides the first assessment of how the neo-conservative values attributed to Berlusconi were contested and resisted by a variety of groups. The continuing influence of the controversial figure of Silvio Berlusconi on contemporary Italian life, culture and politics is beyond question. Focussing on his term as Prime Minister, this volume assesses how the neo-conservative values attributed to Berlusconi were contested and resisted by social/minority movements, intellectuals (radical and moderate) and media practitioners. Edited by members of the Centre for European Languages and Cultures at the University of Birmingham, and bringing together academics in Britain, Ireland, the US and Italy, it has an international perspective. Analysis investigates how resistance to the new conservative culture has been articulated, and how this has been expressed and explained by those involved.
This interdisciplinary volume is divided into three (overlapping) areas: contemporary Italian politics (including the evolution of left and right, unions vs government; the G8 in Genoa and the anti-war movement); cultural texts (including films and documentaries, television programmes, novels and theatre; and experiences (the voices and practices of those who have opposed neo-conservative values from within the cultural industries and identity movements). Wide-ranging, innovative and challenging, this volume should appeal to all those who have an interest in Italy, in politics, in culture and cultural studies.
Contents
1. Introduction; Part 1: Political contexts; 2. Italy during the Berlusconi years; 3. Moving back to the centre?; 4. Still too many chiefs and not enough Indians: infighting on the left; 5. Social opposition to the Italin neo-cons: the Unions, i girotondi and the no-global movement; 6. Resisting the tide: identity movements in the age of Berlusconi; Part 2: Texts; 7. The changing face of the media; 8. The cinema of resistance; 9. Case study of specific television programmes; 10. Liberi tutti? Taking pride in queer subjectivity; 11. Case study of novels: how the collective authorial label enabled voices of dissent to be heard.; 12. An exploration of the role music has played as the voice of dissent.; Part 3: Idenities and experiences; 13. Working in RAI; 14. The theatrics of Beppe Rosso; 15. Muslim associations in Italy; 16. Italian feminism; Conclusion: Italy in the new century.
