North/South, East/West: Mapping Italianness on Television - Paperback

by Michela Ardizzoni (Author)

North/South, East/West focuses on the visual and discursive representation of identity promoted by public and private Italian national television at the turn of the twenty-first century. Michela Ardizzoni examines the role of politics, conglomeration, immigration, and satellite technology in framing discourses of gender, ethnic, and regional identities. In a time of social and political change for Italy, characterized by the increased visibility of ethnic minorities and the rise to political power of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's largest media mogul, North/South, East/West provides an in-depth textual analysis of current programs and their vision of identity.

Author Biography

Michela Ardizzoni is visiting assistant professor at the University of Louisville in the departments of communication and women's and gender studies.