The Italian Risorgimento is a national movement that flourished on the Italian Peninsula during the first half of the nineteenth century and led to the establishment of a unitary Italian state (1859–61). The movement conceived the idea of a nation founded on three main principles: the Italian nation as a community of origin (blood, land, language); as a gendered community (heroic fighting men/chaste wives and mothers); and as a sacrificial community. This conception is conveyed by popular narratives spread by means of historic novels, collections of poetry, paintings, prints, and above all melodramas.
La voce descrive la camponente nazional-patriottica presente nel movimento risorgimentale italiano
Risorgimento and Nationalism
BANTI, ALBERTO MARIO
2016-01-01
Abstract
The Italian Risorgimento is a national movement that flourished on the Italian Peninsula during the first half of the nineteenth century and led to the establishment of a unitary Italian state (1859–61). The movement conceived the idea of a nation founded on three main principles: the Italian nation as a community of origin (blood, land, language); as a gendered community (heroic fighting men/chaste wives and mothers); and as a sacrificial community. This conception is conveyed by popular narratives spread by means of historic novels, collections of poetry, paintings, prints, and above all melodramas.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
