Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2007]

©2007

xv, 431 pages : illustrations (black and white) and portraits (black and white) ; 24 cm

text

unmediated

volume

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-415) and index.

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Pinocchio effect : on autonomy and influence -- 2. The secret power of suggestion : Scipio Sighele's succubal subject -- 3. The queen and the deputy : the representative politics of Matilde de Serao's La conquista di Roma -- 4. Love's gravity : the perverse gymnastics of Edmondo De Amicis -- 5. An unwritable law of maternal love : the infanticide debate -- 6. In a dark continent : Cesare Lombroso's other Italy -- 7. Social Maria : the scientific feminism of Maria Montessori -- 8. Maria Montessori : the writing subject -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.

'The Pinocchio Effect' draws on a broad array of sources to trace the making of a modern national identity in Italy. The author explores all the ways that identity was constructed through newly formed attachments, voluntary and otherwise, to the nation.

National characteristics, Italian -- History -- 19th century.

National characteristics, Italian -- History -- 20th century.

Italy -- Civilization -- 19th century.

Italy -- Civilization -- 20th century.

Nationalism -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.

Nationalism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.

Politics and culture -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.

Politics and culture -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.

Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890. Avventure di Pinocchio.

9780226774480 cloth ; alk. paper

0226774481 cloth ; alk. paper