Paragone
Notes on hegemony and realism in the 1950s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12547854 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesca Billiani (0000-0003-3071-3100, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-96 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| 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.2016.1112068 |
| OpenAlex | W2317208860 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article focuses on the literary review Paragone and on the debate on realism articulated by the review and by the Cultural Commission of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in the 1950s. By analysing the review’s internal composition, correspondence between its contributors, and records of the PCI’s Cultural Commission, this article highlights a series of issues relating to the debate on realism in the 1950s, as a critical time, in both aesthetic and political terms, for the determination of Italian culture’s identity profile. Specifically, the article discusses the key features of the debate on realism that unfolded in Paragone, and relates these to the debate simultaneously developing within the Cultural Commission. This comparison allows us to argue for a close connection between the aesthetic habitus displayed by an independent review and that embraced by a cultural institution with a distinctly political as well as cultural agenda
Aesthetics · Commission · Cultural capital · Epistemology · Habitus · Hegemony · Institution · Political science · Politics · Realism · Social science · Sociology · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Italian Literature and Culture · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |