Description
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.Author: Charles Killinger
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07/01/2005
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.32w x 0.97d
ISBN13: 9780313324895
ISBN10: 0313324891
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
About the Author
CHARLES KILLINGER is Professor of History at Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida, and the author of The History of Italy (Greenwood, 2002).