After la dolce vita
Subtitle: a cultural prehistory of Berlusconi's Italy
By: Alessia Ricciardi
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780804781497; 9780804781503
Subjects: Politics and culture; Intellectual life; History
Description: "This book chronicles the demise of the supposedly leftist Italian cultural establishment during the long 1980s. During that time, the nation's literary and intellectual vanguard managed to lose the prominence handed it after the end of World War II and the defeat of Fascism."--Back Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sweetness; title: Lightness; title: Weakness; title: Softness.