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‘They are just like us!’: Alterity and Politics in the National Press in Post-Unification Italy

Name: ‘They are just like us!’: Alterity and Politics in the National Press in Post-Unification Italy
Start: 2002-02-07T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2002-02-07T20:00:00-05:00
Location: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY

Peter Carravetta, Queens College

Prof. Peter Carravetta of Italian and Comparative Literature at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center looks at the perception and characterization of the Other(s) in several Italian newspapers and periodicals from the years 1870-1900. He will explore the press’s “discovery” of the South and problematic social conditions, its search for solutions through the framing of “la Questione Meridionale,” and discussions of immigration and colonial expansion in Africa.

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‘They are just like us!’: Alterity and Politics in the National Press in Post-Unification Italy