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November 1925 found David and Frieda Lawrence on the Italian Riviera, looking for sun, sea air, and health. The Lawrences were exhilarated by life in their rented villa, set amid olive groves and vineyards, with a view of the sparkling Mediterranean. The drab English winter couldn’t have been farther away. But before long Frieda found herself irresistibly attracted to their landlord, a dashing Italian army officer, and the resulting affair served as the background for Lawrence’s writing: while in the villa, he turned out two stories, “Sun” and “The Virgin and the Gypsy,” both prefiguring Lady Chatterley’s Lover in their depiction of women fatally drawn to earthy, muscular men. ...
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Catalog of the exhibition held May 14-June 27, 1999.
When reproduction becomes a political issue, where do you stand? A CRISIS OF BIRTHS: POPULATION POLITICS AND FAMILY MAKING IN ITALY tells the fascinating story of Italian families in the 1990s, when Italy had the lowest birthrate of any nation in the world. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of why Italy's birthrate has fallen so low and what this means for Italians as individuals and Italy as a society and how reproduction has become politicized. Personal dialogues with ordinary people ranging from sweater-makers to counts, and aging bachelors to doting mothers reveal how a silent revolution against patriarchy reshapes social and sexual morality to create new imperatives for family making.
This book demonstrates the cultivation of instrumental genres by Neapolitan musicians and its significant stature at the royal court. Drawing on archival documents and musical sources, it paints a compelling history of local instrumental music culture and contributes to a wider ethnographic portrait of Naples in the late eighteenth-century.
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Ad alta voce è il racconto di trent’anni di giornalismo vissuti in prima persona. Dalla formazione e gli esordi con l’esperienza di Rai Stereo Notte alla lunga marcia verso il praticantato e la conquista di una assunzione in pianta stabile dopo dieci anni di lavoro precario e le collaborazioni nella carta stampata e in televisione tra stampa periodica, la Rai e Tmc News. C’è il vissuto delle esperienze da inviato in Italia e all’estero anche al seguito delle missioni militari. I momenti epocali, in diretta da piazza San Pietro e in conduzione nei giorni della fine del pontificato di Giovanni Paolo II. Gli approfondimenti, dall’inchiesta al documentario e le grandi interviste. Il ...