Darkest Italy : The nation and stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900

Bok av John. Dickie
Stereotypical representations of the Mezzogiorno are a persistent feature of Italian culture at all levels. John Dickie analyzes these stereotypes in the post Unification period, when the Mezzogiornio was widely seen as barbaric, violent or irrational, an "e;Africa"e; on the European continent.