Index

• anni di piombo 30, 108
• Arbasino, Alberto 10, 11, 17, 30, 171, 173, 182–90, 199–202, 208, 209, 211
  • Fratelli d’Italia 8, 9, 17, 29, 30, 171, 172, 182–90, 199–201, 202, 209
• architecture 15, 16–17, 18–19, 39, 44, 48, 53, 57–59, 63, 94, 95, 99, 100, 116, 117, 118, 143, 154, 155, 205, 212
  • role of 20, 39, 53, 63, 65, 99, 119, 122, 205

• Baudelaire, Charles 24, 65
• Bianciardi, Luciano 7, 10, 11, 19, 20, 33–36, 38, 39, 40–42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 55, 56, 57, 59, 63–66, 69, 77–79, 122, 205, 206, 210
  • L’integrazione 8, 33, 34, 35, 38, 40–41, 47, 50, 66
  • La vita agra 8, 10, 33–34, 36, 39, 41–47, 50, 55, 57–58, 59–60, 62, 63–69, 78, 79, 92, 102, 135, 210, 212
• boom, economic 1–5, 7, 15, 17, 28, 35, 37, 39, 44, 58, 81–82, 87, 90, 104, 106, 107, 108, 114, 133, 134, 141, 161, 168, 169, 170, 185, 195, 205, 206
• beauty, natural see nature
• Braida 41, 42, 78
• Brera 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 66, 78, 206

• Calvino, Italo 11–12, 16, 50, 51, 132–33
• capitalism 14, 19, 21, 35, 42, 44, 45, 48, 57, 58, 61–62, 64, 71, 77, 78, 96, 105, 107, 205, 206
  • industrial 44, 57, 71
• car, the 1, 8, 57, 65, 66, 90, 95, 101, 185
• Christian Democrats 13, 39, 74, 75, 76, 135, 144
• Church, Catholic 13, 61, 144
• cinema, post-war Italian 29, 66, 92, 134, 168
• Cold War 5, 39, 76, 206
• Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL) see Italian General Confederation of Labour
• crime fiction, Italian 7, 22, 24, 81–82, 84–86, 87, 113, 114, 122, 207

• De Amicis, Edmondo, 167–68
  • Cuore 167
• Democrazia Cristiana (DC) see Christian Democrats
• detective fiction see crime fiction
• development, economic see boom, economic
• discipline/disciplinary 19–20, 40, 54, 63–73, 74
• discovery 2, 12, 21, 29, 31, 167, 168
  • of the self 29, 169, 202

• Eco, Umberto 12, 14, 16
• eerie, the 23, 86, 94, 95, 115, 123, 207
• Einaudi Publishing House 10, 135, 136, 145
• empowerment/self-empowerment 148, 174, 185, 206, 208
• environment, built see architecture

• fabbrica see factory, the
• factory, the 20, 36, 37, 38, 48, 49, 50, 52–55, 60–61, 69–72, 74, 78, 107, 140–41
• family, the 59, 129–30, 137, 142, 147, 149–50, 162
  • centrality to Italian life 4, 90
  • role of women in 144, 151, 208
  • traditional 151, 161, 210, 211
• Fascism 22, 39, 73–76, 84, 135, 137, 161, 180, 206, 207
• Fascist regime see Fascism
• Feltrinelli, Giangacomo 33, 34
• Feltrinelli Publishing House 33, 34, 38, 67
• feminism/feminist 143, 175, 177, 188
  • eco- 29, 177
  • Italian 144–45, 151, 152, 174, 211
• Fiat 8, 38, 48, 55, 74, 76, 103, 109, 111, 115, 124
• Flâneur, the 25, 102
• fragmentation, historical of Italy 30–31, 131–32, 153, 162, 172, 190, 196, 207, 211
• Fruttero, Carlo, and Franco Lucentini 8, 10, 22, 48, 81–82, 85, 86, 96, 100, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 110, 117, 118, 120, 122–25, 206, 207
  • A che punto è la notte 8, 96, 103–05, 109–11, 114, 115, 116–17, 118, 119–20, 123, 207
  • La donna della domenica 8, 48, 96–101, 102–03, 109, 112, 119, 120, 123–25, 210

• Ginzburg, Natalia 8, 9, 10, 11, 26, 128, 129, 130, 135–37, 139, 142–43, 144–45, 146, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 159–60, 161, 162–63, 207, 208, 210, 211
  • Caro Michele 155, 161
  • Lessico famigliare 129–30, 135, 136, 149, 155, 161
  • Le voci della sera 8, 11, 25, 26, 129–30, 135, 136–40, 142, 143, 146–52, 153–54, 155–60, 161, 162–63, 207–08, 211
• Giuliano (bandit) 191, 195
• Grand Tour, the 17, 30, 166, 167, 168, 171, 174, 175, 178, 179, 182, 183–84, 185, 187, 188–89, 190, 201, 208
• Grosseto 33, 34, 35, 40–41, 79, 210
• growth
  • economic see boom, economic
  • urban see urbanization

• Hungarian Uprising 15, 77, 170

• Industrial Triangle 124, 131, 133
• industrialization 11, 40, 90, 95, 96, 98, 123, 124
  • diffused 28, 133, 140, 162
  • geography of 107, 111, 123, 207
• Italian Communist Party 13, 144, 170
• Italian General Confederation of Labour 74, 76
• Italy 1–5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14–16, 17, 23, 26, 29, 30, 31, 39, 40, 41, 48, 51, 75, 77, 82–84, 85, 86, 87, 104, 106, 108, 110, 123, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136, 141, 166–67, 168, 171–72, 173, 174, 178, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186–87, 188, 190, 192, 194, 195, 196–97, 198, 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212
• Ivrea 36, 37, 48, 49, 79

• Lombardy 124, 131, 133, 134, 179

• march of the forty thousand 76
• Mastronardi, Lucio 50, 128, 129, 134, 141–42, 160
  • Il maestro di Vigevano 129, 134, 141–42, 160
• migration, internal 25, 29, 40, 56, 96, 98, 106, 169, 180
• Milan 7, 11, 19, 20, 22, 27, 29, 33–36, 40, 41, 42, 44–47, 55, 57, 58, 59, 64–65, 67, 77, 81, 82, 85, 88, 90–91, 92–93, 95–96, 97, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 179, 197, 206, 207
  • Stazione Centrale 59, 113
• mobility 1, 25–26, 44, 64–65, 67, 101, 113, 120, 133, 141, 143, 154, 168, 174, 184, 185, 187, 190, 193–194, 199, 200–01, 202
• modernity 16, 17, 87, 152, 172, 192, 194, 198, 206
• modernization 18, 26
  • in Italy 3, 8, 14, 17, 18, 26, 30, 50, 62, 87, 90, 110, 123, 132, 141, 169, 170, 179, 193, 194, 198, 205, 209, 210
• movement see mobility

• Naples 81, 82, 97, 113, 178, 186, 193
• nature 10, 21, 23, 29, 34, 41, 43–44, 50, 60, 95, 100, 106, 116, 140, 166, 167, 176, 177–78, 186, 193, 194–95, 200, 201, 208
• Neoavanguardia, Italian 11, 15, 171, 210
• neo-capitalism 21, 35, 44, 70, 96
• North–South divide 3, 4, 87, 130, 193, 195, 198, 209
• novel, industrial 50–51

• observer, the 14, 17, 98, 171, 175, 178, 181, 189, 199–200, 202, 208, 209
• Olivetti, the 36, 37, 38, 48, 52
• Olivetti, Adriano 36–37, 38, 49, 51–52, 72, 79, 137
• Ortese, Anna Maria 8, 10, 11, 17, 26, 29, 30, 59, 145, 169–70, 171, 172–78, 182, 190–95, 201, 202, 208–09, 211
  • La lente scura 8, 16, 29, 169–70, 173, 175–77, 178, 190–95, 209
• outskirts, urban see periphery, urban

• Panopticon 20, 64–65, 67–68
• Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) see Italian Communist Party
• past, the 5, 8, 23, 31, 75, 86, 123, 172, 206–07, 211
• periphery, urban 22, 42, 46, 56, 86, 93, 104–05, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117–22, 123–24, 139, 207, 210
• Piedmont/Piedmontese 18, 26, 37, 97, 124, 129, 131, 133, 134, 136, 147, 196, 207
• Piovene, Guido 8, 15, 29–30, 169, 170–73, 174, 178–82, 189, 190, 195–99, 201, 202, 208–09, 211
  • Viaggio in Italia 8, 15, 29, 31, 169, 170–71, 172, 178–81, 189, 195–98, 201, 209
• postmodernism 12–18, 30, 187, 189, 201, 202, 203, 210, 211
• power 19–20, 21, 38, 54, 58, 60–61, 76, 77, 87, 108, 130, 131, 141, 148, 149, 151, 161, 175, 176, 195, 205, 212
  • disciplinary 19–20, 40, 54–55, 57–58, 59, 63, 64, 67–68, 69
  • spatial 19–20, 24, 39–40, 48, 55, 57–58, 62–63, 65, 68, 72, 128, 130, 173
• provinces, the 16, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 36, 81–82, 98, 109, 127–32, 134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 152, 153, 154, 157, 158, 160, 162–63, 180, 200, 207–08, 211, 212
  • cities in 4, 8, 11, 25, 26–27, 127–28, 132–33, 136, 137, 141, 153, 157, 160, 162, 205, 207
• provincia/provinciale see provinces, the
• provincial see provinces
• psycho-geography 101–02

• RAI (Radio Televisione Italiana) 31, 85, 169, 170–71, 182, 197, 198
• reality 6, 12, 19, 21, 38, 51, 60, 62, 71, 87, 88, 90, 101, 102, 105, 125, 171, 173, 174, 177, 181, 182, 185, 189–90, 197, 201, 202, 205, 210
• regionalism, Italian see fragmentation, historical of Italy
• reification 166, 168, 175, 178, 197, 208, 212
• roadworks 46, 47, 102, 210
• Rome 36, 82, 85, 97, 114, 128, 129, 130, 136, 150, 173, 178, 179–80, 190–91, 196, 197

• Scerbanenco, Giorgio 8, 10, 22, 42, 59, 81–82, 83, 85, 86, 88–92, 96, 106, 107, 109, 111–14, 119, 120–25, 206, 207
  • I milanesi ammazzano al sabato 8, 89, 94
  • I ragazzi del massacro 8, 89, 92, 121, 122
  • Traditori di tutti 8, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 109, 122
  • Venere privata 8, 81, 85, 89, 92, 94, 107, 111–12, 113, 114–15
• Second World War 2, 12, 19, 29, 37, 45, 89, 100, 105, 109, 130, 137, 144, 149, 161, 180, 197
• Sicily 110, 191, 195, 198
• Simmel, Georg 18
• society, Italian 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 23, 61, 62, 63, 77, 82, 85, 90, 108, 112, 131, 132, 141, 144, 161, 180, 181, 189, 191, 192, 197, 202, 205, 210, 211, 212
  • continuity in 3, 75, 87, 161, 206, 211
  • Fascist legacies in 39, 73, 75, 76, 206
  • neo-capitalist see neo-capitalism
• soggiorno obbligato 110–11
• Southern Question 131
• space 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20–21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 39–57, 58, 59, 61, 64–65, 72, 76, 78, 88, 89, 93–94, 96, 99–100, 102, 106, 107, 109, 123, 125, 130, 140, 142, 143, 146, 151, 154, 155, 157, 162, 168, 185, 190, 200, 202, 205, 206, 208, 210, 212
  • connection to power 19, 20, 24, 54, 63, 64–65, 68, 73, 212
• speculation, building 12, 103, 106, 118
• Stoppani, Antonio (Abbott) 167–68
  • Bel Paese 167
• suburbanization see suburbs
• suburbs, the 11, 55, 104–05, 107, 110–11, 114, 115, 116, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 180, 207
• surveillance 20, 63–64, 67–68

• Tangentopoli, scandal of 3, 30–31
• travel writing 29–30, 171, 181, 187, 189, 192, 199, 201, 202
  • European 166–67, 174, 182
  • Italian 7, 8, 11, 16, 29–31, 135, 165–67, 169–70, 171, 172, 174, 176, 189, 190, 192, 197, 199, 202, 208, 209, 211
• traveller, the
  • female 166, 174
  • foreign 30, 166, 167, 182, 201
  • male 29, 166, 184
• travel writer see traveller
• Turin 7, 16, 19, 22, 29, 36, 37, 48, 55, 62, 69, 77, 81, 82, 85, 96–98, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124, 129, 135–36, 138, 139, 152, 197, 206

• uncanny, the 18, 22–23, 24–25, 57, 59, 61, 86, 88–89, 93, 95, 99, 104, 115, 118, 119, 123, 206
• unification, Italian 31, 98, 130–31, 142, 167–68, 172, 178, 193, 195–96, 197
• urbanization 7, 11, 19, 22, 44, 86, 95, 104, 105, 106–07, 109, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 123, 124, 127, 205, 207, 210
• Urbino 36, 79

• Volponi, Paolo 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 19, 20, 36–38, 39, 48, 50, 51–52, 53, 56, 62, 63, 70, 72, 74, 77, 78–79, 106, 122, 140, 205, 206
  • Memoriale 8, 20, 37, 38, 39, 45, 48–49, 52–54, 60–61, 62, 69–72, 74–75, 140
  • Le mosche del capitale 8, 11, 15, 16, 20, 38, 48, 52, 55, 57, 61–63, 72–74, 76, 78, 106, 206
• Vigevano 50, 134, 141

• weird, the 23, 86, 94, 101

• Years of Lead see anni di piombo