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{"title":"International historiography of modern Italy since 1945. Developments and trends","authors":"Thomas Kroll","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2285112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2285112","url":null,"abstract":"The Italian historiography has changed considerably since 1945. This can be attributed to processes of societal and political transformation, and also to the internationalization of historical scie...","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"239 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138826927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Percy A. Allum (1933–2022)","authors":"Luciano Brancaccio","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2285113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2285113","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"13 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138952283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Displacing perspectives on Renaissance: Cultural translation and the politics of Italian literature at the onset of the Cold War","authors":"Giulia Pellizzato","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2285114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2285114","url":null,"abstract":"While the popularity achieved by several Italian cultural objects in the United States during the aftermath of World War Two has been largely acknowledged, the meanings these artefacts took on in t...","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138717116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Italy’s sea: Empire and nation in the Mediterranean: 1895–1945","authors":"Claudio Fogu","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2284582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2284582","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Journal of Modern Italian Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138547826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The American reception of Italian poetry after WWII","authors":"Giorgio Alberti","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2269347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2269347","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTContemporary Italian poetry began to spread in the U.S. after World War II, appearing in literary magazines and anthologies along with neorealist films and novels. The reception of this genre requires an analysis of the mechanisms and factors that make books and authors relevant in different markets. An author’s success and the visibility of books are not measured only by sales, especially for poetry in translation. Publishers consider the prestige such works can bring to their catalog, even though they often involve a long-term investment and possible economic loss. Italian poetry has been crucial for many professional translators-in-training, representing their first encounter with Italian literature. Poetry translation is a complex challenge that requires negotiation between the translator’s creative freedom and attention to form and meaning. William Weaver is an example of a translator who sought an original voice through his approach to Italian literature. Robert Lowell explored the potential of “Imitations” in his work. The reception of Italian poetry in the U.S. has been influenced by important intermediaries such as Renato Poggioli, professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard, and Marguerite Caetani with the magazine “Botteghe Oscure.” Italian poets who debuted on the American scene and translators who made their works accessible to the public were identified. Modes of publication and indicators of legitimacy were considered, such as educational publications and integration into U.S. academic courses, but also critical reflections on Italian poetry that have been published in the American press and introductions and apparatuses found in translated works. Poetry is considered a legitimizing genre in the national and international literary scene, and some Italian poets have been consistently translated by English and American writers. Montale is a particular case study, as his works have been repeatedly retranslated by various poets and intellectuals, representing a laboratory of constant renegotiation of poetic form and meaning.RIASSUNTOLa poesia italiana contemporanea ha iniziato a diffondersi negli Stati Uniti nel secondo dopoguerra, apparendo in riviste letterarie e antologie insieme a film e romanzi neorealisti. La ricezione di questo genere richiede un’analisi dei meccanismi e dei fattori che rendono i libri e gli autori rilevanti nei diversi mercati. Il successo di un autore e la visibilità dei libri non si misurano solo in base alle vendite, soprattutto per la poesia in traduzione. Gli editori considerano il prestigio che queste opere possono portare al loro catalogo, anche se spesso comportano un investimento a lungo termine e una possibile perdita economica. La poesia italiana è stata fondamentale per molti traduttori professionisti in formazione, rappresentando il loro primo incontro con la letteratura italiana. La traduzione di poesia è una sfida particolarmente complessa che richiede una negoziazione tra la libertà c","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"27 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135589415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Italian left at a critical juncture: disanchoring the past, embracing the present","authors":"Rosa Mulè, Gianfranco Pasquino, Sofia Ventura","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2263700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2263700","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTOn September 25, 2022, the Italian left faced a significant electoral setback as the centre-right coalition, led by Giorgia Meloni, secured a remarkable electoral win. Historically, the left had been represented by major parties like the Italian Communist Party (P.C.I.) and the Italian Socialist Party (P.S.I.). Their demise in the 1990s, for various reasons, gave rise to new left-leaning ‘umbrella’ entities such as the Ulivo and the Democratic Party (P.D.). Despite some electoral successes by these newer groups, left-wing parties and coalitions have failed to dominate the Italian political scene in recent years. A decline in the definitive meaning of ‘left’ in Italian politics has led to a more fragmented left-wing. As traditional leftist ideologies have waned, some of the emerging left-leaning parties have faced criticism for prioritizing civil rights over socioeconomic issues. Articles in this special issue delve into different facets of the Italian left. Pasquino highlights the stagnation in the left’s political culture since the cold war’s conclusion, while Newell critiques the weakness of the P.D.’s party organization and ideology. Ventura analyses both the P.D.’s organizational challenges and its leadership decisions, whereas Musella emphasizes the P.D.’s shortcomings in updating communication strategies. Pasini, Fasano, and Cerruti dive into the evolving preferences of left-wing voters, while del Palacio touches upon the radical left’s challenges. Mulè and Toso offer insights into the left’s efforts in poverty alleviation. In summary, this special issue underlines the pressing need for the Italian left to refresh its ideologies and strategies to stay relevant and present a competitive alternative to conservative agendas in Italy’s shifting political scene.RIASSUNTOIl 25 settembre 2022, la sinistra italiana ha subito una netta sconfitta elettorale a fronte della chiara vittoria della coalizione di centro-destra, guidata da Giorgia Meloni. Storicamente, essa è stata rappresentata da grandi partiti come il Partito Comunista Italiano (P.C.I.) e il Partito Socialista Italiano (P.S.I.). Il loro declino negli anni ‘90, per svariate ragioni, ha dato origine a nuove formazioni politiche ‘ombrello’ come l’Ulivo e il Partito Democratico (P.D.). Nonostante alcuni successi elettorali, negli ultimi anni i partiti e le coalizioni di sinistra hanno avuto difficoltà a essere protagonisti della scena politica. La stessa difficoltà a riconoscersi in un significato condiviso di ‘sinistra’ ha favorito una forte frammentazione. Inoltre, man mano che le ideologie tradizionali sono entrate in crisi, I nuovi partiti della sinistra sono stati fortemente criticati per aver dato la priorità ai diritti civili rispetto alle questioni socioeconomiche.I diversi contributi di questo numero speciale esplorano le tante sfaccettature della sinistra italiana. Pasquino evidenzia l’immobilismo della sua cultura politica dalla conclusione della Guerra Fredda in poi, ment","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"16 3S2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135872941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The long and winding road. The ideological evolution of the Italian radical left in the Second Republic: the case of Partito della Rifondazione Comunista","authors":"Jorge del Palacio","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2263699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2263699","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis article analyses the ideological evolution of the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (P.R.C.), the main representative of the radical left in Italy in the so-called Second Republic. The focus on the ideological nature of P.R.C. is justified because as a ‘purifying party’ the debates on the ideological nature of the party have played a crucial role in the process of defining party identity. In this sense, this article differentiates three main phases in the ideological evolution of the party. Finally, this analysis reinforces the notion that the ideological changes that the P.R.C. has undergone, in its constant redefinition of a neo-communist identity, are determined by its position vis-à-vis the political, historical, and cultural heritage of the Italian communist tradition embodied in the P.C.I.RIASSUNTOQuesto articolo analizza l’evoluzione ideologica del Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (P.R.C.), il principale rappresentante della sinistra radicale in Italia nella cosiddetta Seconda Repubblica. L’attenzione alla natura ideologica del P.R.C. è giustificata dal fatto che in quanto “partito purificatore” i dibattiti sulla natura ideologica del partito hanno svolto un ruolo cruciale nel processo di definizione dell’identità del partito. In questo senso, questo articolo evidenzia tre diverse fasi nell’evoluzione ideologica del partito. Infine, questa analisi rafforza il principio secondo cui i cambiamenti ideologici che il P.R.C. ha subito, nella sua costante ridefinizione di un’identità neocomunista, sono determinati in grande misura dalla sua posizione rispetto all’eredità politica, storica e culturale della tradizione comunista italiana incarnata dal P.C.I.KEYWORDS: communismpost-communismneo-communismanti-capitalismglobalizationneoliberalismPAROLE CHIAVE: Comunismopost-comunismoneo-comunismoanti-capitalismoglobalizzazioneneoliberalismo Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Notes1. Although the Italian Constitution of 1948 is still in force, Italy’s republican history is divided into two periods: the First and the Second Republic. The term Second Republic refers, therefore, not to a change of regime, but to the radical mutation of the party system that took place in the period 1992–1994 and inaugurated a new phase of bipolar competition. For some analysts and observers, this phase of Italy’s republican history is considered to have ended with the inauguration of the three-party competition system in the 2013 elections.2. Bertinotti’s aim to turn P.R.C. into a party-movement or ‘movement of movements’, in dialogue and collaboration with other forms of opposition to the capitalist system originating in civil society, also led to important changes in the organizational nature of the party. These included the personalization of the party, stimulated by Bertinotti’s charisma and leadership style; a less rigid and more flexible party organization as a strategy to facilitate the capacity for ","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"48 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135869026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An ugly word. Rethinking race in Italy and the United States <b>An ugly word. Rethinking race in Italy and the United States</b> , by Ann Morning and Marcello Maneri, New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 2022, 268 pp., (soft cover), ISBN: 9780871546784","authors":"Silvana Patriarca","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2267861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2267861","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"124 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135778382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Against redemption: democracy, memory, and literature in post-fascist Italy <b>Against redemption: democracy, memory, and literature in post-fascist Italy</b> , by Franco Baldasso, New York, Fordham University Press, 2002, 320 pp., $35.00 (soft cover), ISBN: 9781531502386/9781531502393","authors":"Rosario Forlenza","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2268479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2268479","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"226 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136033393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How a left-wing political party fails to keep up with the times","authors":"Fortunato Musella","doi":"10.1080/1354571x.2023.2255060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2023.2255060","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTHow can a political party, especially a progressive one, fail to understand and embrace the major changes of its time? The article examines the experience of the Italian Partito Democratico (Democratic Party [P.D.]). Since its foundation in 2007, the party has failed to achieve satisfactory results with regard to its explicit objective of creating a ‘new national party’. Although the party has often joined coalition governments, there has been a marked decline in its electoral support and in the active participation of citizens in its activities. The main thesis of the article is that the current crisis of the P.D. is due to a lack of understanding – almost a rejection – of the two main political changes that have occurred in recent decades: the personalization of politics and the digitalization of society. The party’s refusal to embrace possible political innovations in these areas has been very clear. There is an important paradox here: the fact that a political force which, given its position on the political spectrum, should be looking to the future, instead views the present with great suspicion. This is a position that has become typical of many European left-wing parties, which are well rooted in long-standing political traditions, but are finding it increasingly difficult to understand how societies are changing.RIASSUNTOCome può un partito politico, soprattutto se progressista, non riuscire a comprendere e ad abbracciare i grandi cambiamenti del suo tempo? L’articolo esamina l’esperienza del Partito Democratico (P.D.) italiano. Dalla sua fondazione nel 2007, il partito non è riuscito a raggiungere risultati soddisfacenti rispetto al suo obiettivo esplicito di creare un “nuovo partito nazionale”. Sebbene il partito sia spesso entrato a far parte di governi di coalizione, si è registrato un netto calo del suo sostegno elettorale e della partecipazione attiva dei cittadini alle sue attività. La tesi principale dell’articolo è che l’attuale crisi del P.D. sia dovuta a una mancata comprensione - quasi un rifiuto - dei due principali cambiamenti politici avvenuti negli ultimi decenni: la personalizzazione della politica e la digitalizzazione della società. Il rifiuto del partito di abbracciare le possibili innovazioni politiche in questi ambiti è stato molto chiaro. Si tratta di un paradosso molto significativo: una forza politica che, data la sua posizione nello spettro politico, dovrebbe guardare al futuro, guarda al presente con grande sospetto. È una posizione che è diventata tipica di molti partiti di sinistra europei, ben radicati in tradizioni politiche di lunga data, ma che fanno sempre più fatica a capire come le società si stiano trasformando.KEYWORDS: political partiespolitical leaderspersonalizationdigitalizationPAROLE CHIAVE: partiti politicileader politicipersonalizzazionedigitalizzazionePartito Democratico (P.D.)cultura politica Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Notes1. Dis","PeriodicalId":16364,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Modern Italian Studies","volume":"196 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136208575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}