The Pinocchio effect : on making Italians (1860-1920) /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stewart-Steinberg, Suzanne
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Subjects:	National characteristics, Italian. Italy > Civilization. Nationalism > Italy > History. Politics and culture > Italy > History. Collodi, Carlo, > 1826-1890. > Avventure di Pinocchio.
Online Access:	Table of contents only Publisher description

Table of Contents:

The Pinocchio effect : on autonomy and influence
The secret power of suggestion : Scipio Sighele's succubal subject
The queen and the deputy : the representative politics of Matilde Serao's La conquista di Roma
Love's gravity : the perverse gymnastics of Edmondo De Amicis
An unwritable law of maternal love : the infanticide debate
In a dark continent : Cesare Lombroso's other Italy
Social Maria : the scientific feminism of Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori : the writing subject.