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Physical description:
197 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Italy
Date:
1999
C1999
20th century
1945-
Notes:
"A book and an exhibition that comprise the second project of the Fashion Engineering Unit, the multidisciplinary research center exploring the culture of fashion supported by Pitti immagine ... Florence, Stazione Leopolda, January 14-February 7, 1999."
Contents:
Volare : the icon of Italy in global pop culture / Giannino Malossi -- The new hyperspace of sociability : Italian style? / Saskia Sassen --The difficult identity / Ugo Volli -- Buying Italian : fashions, identities, stereotypes / Peppino Ortoleva -- An imagined Italy / Ted Polhemus -- The Italian way to modernity / Carlo Antonelli, Peppino Ortoleva -- Milano 02138 / Richard Martin -- The Italian mile / Giannino Malossi, photo Leslie Fratkin -- The Italian look / Valerie Steele -- Italian fashion and the air-conditioned nightmare / Franco La Cecla -- The wooing of Italy / Antony Shugaar --Sentimental design / Paola Antonelli -- Songs with wings / Carlo Antonelli -- Celluloid Italians / Pierre Sorlin -- Three Euros in the fountain / Thomas Hine -- I discovered Italy in America / Alberto Baccari -- A romp in Rome / Fiona Morgan -- Tiramisushi / Kaoru Tashiro -- Cucina Italiana & new American cuisine / David Le Boutillier -- High culture, low inflation : Italy through soccer / Alix Sharkey -- The homemade Italian bestseller / Fausto Colombo -- Italian holidays / Carlo Tombola -- Valuing the Italian dream / Andrea Balestri, Marco Ricchetti
