Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Dynamics of Neo-orientalism in Italy (1848–1995)

*Jane Schneider *

Part I The Genesis of the Question

1 Before the Southern Question: “Native” Ideas on Backwardness and Remedies in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, 1815–1849

*Marta Petrusewicz *

2 The Emergence of the Southern Question in Villari, Franchetti, and Sonnino

*Nelson Moe *

3 How Many Italies? Representing the South in Official Statistics

*Silvana Patriarca *

4 Biology or Environment? Race and Southern “Deviancy” in the Writings of Italian Criminologists, 1880–1920

*Mary Gibson *

5 Homo Siculus: Essentialism in the Writing of Giovanni Verga, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and Leonardo Sciascia

*Frank Rosengarten *

Part II Critical Theory from the South

6 The Souths of Antonio Gramsci and the Concept of Hegemony

*Nadia Urbinati *

7 How Critical Was De Martino’s “Critical Elhnocentrism” in Southern Italy?

*Annalisa Di Nola *

8 The Magic of the South: Popular Religion and Elite Catholicism in Italian Ethnology

*George R. Saunders *

Part III Alternative Representations and Realities

9 Casting Off the “Southern Problem”: Or the Peculiarities of the South Reconsidered

*John A. Davis *

10 “Virtuous Clientelism”: The Southern Question Resolved?

*Simona Piattoni *

11 Il Caso Sciascia: Dilemmas of the Antimafia Movement in Sicily

*Peter Schneider and Jane Schneider *

12 Re-writing Sicily: Postmodern Perspectives

*Robert Dombroski *

Part IV Conclusions

13 Contemplating the Palm Tree Line

*Michael Blim *

14 Two Italies: Rhetorical Figures of Failed Nationhood

*Mariella Pandolfi *

Notes on Contributors

Index

  1. Cover

  2. Half Title

  3. Title Page

  4. Copyright Page

  5. Contents

  6. Acknowledgments

  7. Introduction: The Dynamics of Neo-orientalism in Italy (1848–1995)

  8. Part I The Genesis of the Question

    1. 1 Before the Southern Question: “Native” Ideas on Backwardness and Remedies in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, 1815–1849
    2. 2 The Emergence of the Southern Question in Villari, Franchetti, and Sonnino
    3. 3 How Many Italies? Representing the South in Official Statistics
    4. 4 Biology or Environment? Race and Southern “Deviancy” in the Writings of Italian Criminologists, 1880–1920
    5. 5 Homo Siculus: Essentialism in the Writing of Giovanni Verga, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and Leonardo Sciascia

  9. Part II Critical Theory from the South

    1. 6 The Souths of Antonio Gramsci and the Concept of Hegemony
    2. 7 How Critical Was De Martino’s “Critical Ethnocentrism” in Southern Italy?
    3. 8 The Magic of the South: Popular Religion and Elite Catholicism in Italian Ethnology

  10. Part III Alternative Representations and Realities
    1. 9 Casting Off the “Southern Problem”: Or the Peculiarities of the South Reconsidered
    2. 10 “Virtuous Clientelism”: The Southern Question Resolved?
    3. 11 Il Caso Sciascia: Dilemmas of the Antimafia Movement in Sicily
    4. 12 Re-writing Sicily: Postmodern Perspectives

  11. Part IV Conclusions
    1. 13 Contemplating the Palm Tree Line
    2. 14 Two Italies: Rhetorical Figures of Failed Nationhood

  12. Notes on Contributors

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Guide

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Start of Content
  8. Notes on Contributors
  9. Index