Culture and Customs of Italy
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Culture and Customs of Italy

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Culture and Customs of Italy

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Americans have a voracious appetite for Italy. It remains a primary destination for travel, art history, cuisine, and more. Like no other source, Culture and Customs of Italy engagingly explains the scope of Italy and Italians today to students and general readers in one volume. As well, this book provides the needed context to understand the enormous contributions of Italian Americans in shaping the cultural heritage and current popular culture of the United States. It clearly summarizes the land, people, and history and relates the highlights of a culture that has excelled in so many areas, such as food, sports, literature, the arts, architecture and design, and cinema. The powerful roles of religion and thought, family and gender, holidays, leisure, and media in Italian life are treated in-depth in individual chapters as well. Crucial regional aspects and historical framing of all topics add to the authoritativeness. A chronology, glossary, photos, and maps round out the coverage.

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Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2005
ISBN
9780313062803
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Customs & Traditions
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Series Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chronology
  6. 1 The Land, People, and History
  7. 2 Religion and Thought
  8. 3 Marriage, Gender, and Family
  9. 4 Holidays, Saints’ Days, Festivals, and Food
  10. 5 Leisure Activities and Sport
  11. 6 Literature
  12. 7 The Performing Arts
  13. 8 Art, Architecture, and Design
  14. 9 Cinema and Mass Media
  15. Glossary
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index