Displacing perspectives on Renaissance
Cultural translation and the politics of Italian literature at the onset of the Cold War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12547816 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giulia Pellizzato (0000-0002-0228-1075, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-126 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern Italian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-571X • E-ISSN: 1469-9583 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1354571x.2023.2285114 |
| OpenAlex | W4389882814 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
While the popularity achieved by several Italian cultural objects in the United States during the aftermath of World War Two has been largely acknowledged, the meanings these artefacts took on in their new cultural context are yet to be understood. To unravel the complex, multi-layered processes of cultural translation at play in transatlantic transfers at the onset of the Cold War, this article explores the U.S.-American reception of Italian culture from the vantage point of translated fiction. Retracing the public discourse around new Italian books in the United States means to recognize the emergence of a new framing narrative, that of a novel Renaissance taking place in Italy after the end of the Fascist period. Understanding the concept of a new Renaissance from a transnational perspective, at a time in which the public discourse was being reorganized across all media in response to the new geopolitical order, allows us to identify the politics of newly translated Italian fiction in the U.S. I argue that, through its framing, Italian fiction was made an ally in the cultural Cold War, coming to represent Western democracy, freedom, and creativity
Aesthetics · Art · Cold war · Framing (construction · Geopolitics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Sociology · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies · Visual Culture and Art Theory
American Renaissance
The Edinburgh History of Reading
Voices of Italian America
Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation
The Scandals of Translation
Translation and Paratexts
The CIA and the Congress for Cultural Freedom in the Early Cold War
Empire of Ideas
Fashion
Transnational Italian Studies
Lezioni americane di Giorgio Bassani
Mediating culture in the Italian literary field 1940s–50s
Renaissance and ‘Made in Italy’
Italy on Fifth Ave
Alberto Moravia in America
Carlo Levi nella cultura americana tra gli anni Quaranta e Cinquanta
The emergence of Italy as a fashion country
Introduction
Kelleys Island, Ohio
I Felt like a Tourist instead of a Soldier
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |