{"product_id":"broken-time-fragmented-space-9781487587222","title":"Broken Time Fragmented Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBroken Time, Fragmented Space: A Cultural Map for Post-war Italy\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the artists and intellectuals of post-war Italy dealt with the 'shameful' heritage of their fascist upbringing and education by trying to craft a new cultural identity for themselves and the country.  The continuities between the culture of the fascist and post-fascist periods were, however, far greater than what intellectuals were ready to admit, creating an uncomfortable, sometimes schizophrenic relation to time, as a painful urge to erase the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a variety of critical approaches, Torriglia investigates the efforts to reconstruct a personal as well as a collective self by analyzing both canonical and lesser-known cinematic and literary texts.  Organized around four main themes - the use of language, the interaction between personal and public spheres, the perceptual categories of history and memory, and the reconstruction of the female identity - the study also includes historic\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138287173975,"sku":"9781487587222","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487587222.jpg?v=1751918748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/broken-time-fragmented-space-9781487587222","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}