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The Pinocchio effect : on making Italians (1860-1920) / Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg.

Author/creator Stewart-Steinberg, Suzanne
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Descriptionxv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Subject(s)
Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890. Avventure di Pinocchio.
National characteristics, Italian.
Nationalism--Italy --History.
Politics and culture--Italy --History.
Italy--Civilization.
Contents The Pinocchio effect : on autonomy and influence -- The secret power of suggestion : Scipio Sighele's succubal subject -- The queen and the deputy : the representative politics of Matilde Serao's La conquista di Roma -- Love's gravity : the perverse gymnastics of Edmondo De Amicis -- An unwritable law of maternal love : the infanticide debate -- In a dark continent : Cesare Lombroso's other Italy -- Social Maria : the scientific feminism of Maria Montessori -- Maria Montessori : the writing subject.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 397-415) and index.
LCCN 2007015192
ISBN9780226774480 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226774481 (cloth : alk. paper)

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