The view from Vesuvius
Subtitle: Italian culture and the southern question
By: Nelson Moe.
Series: Studies on the history of society and culture ;; [46]
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Public opinion -- Italy, Northern.; Stereotype (Psychology) -- Italy.; Italy, Southern -- Civilization -- Public opinion.; Italy, Southern -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Public opinion.; Italy, Southern -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Public opinion.
Description: "The vexed relationship between the two parts of Italy, often referred to as the Southern Question, has shaped that nation's political, social, and cultural life throughout the twentieth century. But how did southern Italy become "the south," a place and people seen as different from and inferior to the rest of the nation?

Writing at the rich juncture of literature, history, and cultural theory, Nelson Moe explores how Italy's Mezzogiorno became both backward and picturesque, an alternately troubling and fascinating borderland between Europe and its others. This book shows that the Southern Question is far from just an Italian issue, for its origins are deeply connected to the formation of European cultural identity between the mid-eighteenth and late-nineteenth centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-335) and index.