Vital Subjects: Race and Biopolitics in Italy 1860-1920 by Rhiannon Noel Welch (

Description: Vital Subjects by Rhiannon Noel Welch Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Vital Subjects examines cultural production—literature, sociology and public health discourse, and early film—from the years between Unification and the end of the First World War (ca. 1860 and 1920) in order to explore how race and colonialism were integral to modern Italian national culture, rather than a marginal afterthought or a Fascist aberration. Publisher Description An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.Since World War II, Italy has struggled to recast both its colonial past and its alliance with Nazi Germany. For many years, pervading much intellectual and public discourse was the contention that, prior to the great influx of racialized migrants in the mid-1980s, and with the exception of the Fascist period, there simply was no race (racialized others, racist intolerance, etc.) in Italy. Vital Subjects examines cultural production—literature, sociology and public health discourse, and early film—from the years between Unification and the end of the First World War (ca. 1860 and 1920) in order to explore how race and colonialism were integral to modern Italian national culture, rather than a marginal afterthought or a Fascist aberration. Drawing from theorizations of biopolitics—a term coined by political theorists from Michel Foucault to Giorgio Agamben, Roberto Esposito, and numerous others to address how the life and productivity of the population emerges as a distinctively modern political question—the book repositions discourses of race and colonialism with regard to post-Unification national culture. Vital Subjects reads cultural texts in a biopolitical key, arguing that the tenor of racial discourse was overwhelmingly positive, focusing on making Italians as vital subjects--robust, vigorous, well-nourished, and (re)productive.Honorable Mention in the Modern Language Associations Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies 2016. Author Biography Rhiannon Noel Welch is Assistant Professor of Italian and Cinema Studies at Rutgers University Details ISBN 1781382867 ISBN-13 9781781382868 Title Vital Subjects Author Rhiannon Noel Welch Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 256 Publisher Liverpool University Press GE_Item_ID:134394890; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9781781382868

Book Title: Vital Subjects

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

Publication Name: Vital Subjects : Race and Biopolitics in Italy

Language: English

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Publication Year: 2016

Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, Anthropology / Physical, Europe / General, European / Italian

Item Height: 0.9 in

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 12.3 Oz

Item Length: 6.1 in

Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Political Science, Social Science, Science, History

Author: Rhiannon Noel Welch

Series: Transnational Italian Cultures Lup Ser.

Item Width: 9.3 in

Format: Hardcover