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The Italians

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by John Hooper


  Marche region, 8, 184

  marriage, 64, 158, 274, 293

  declining rate of, 174–75, 178

  extended families in, 165–66

  gay, 129, 169

  gender roles in, 154–55

  support from parents in, 178–79

  Marxists, 52, 144, 263n, 267

  Masina, Giulietta, 143–44

  masks, in Italian culture, 64–65, 71

  Mastroianni, Marcello, 152, 158, 189

  masturbation, 157–58

  maternity leave, 152–53

  Maxi Trial, 230, 233

  Max Planck Institute, 64, 264

  Mazzini, Giuseppe, 125, 127, 165, 170

  Medaglia d’oro al valore militare, 140, 141n

  media, 45, 46, 61, 67, 95, 130, 161, 172, 209, 258, 264

  ambiguity in, 47–48, 190–91

  Berlusconi’s power in, 70, 78–79, 81, 83–84, 149, 191, 220, 263

  conventions of, 46–48, 133–34

  women exploited in, 145–46, 152, 210

  Mediaset network, 84–85, 146, 177

  Mediterranean Sea, 5, 10, 21

  Memores Domini, 131–32

  menefreghismo (indifference toward others), 88, 185

  Menguzzato, Clorinda “Veglia,” 139–41

  Mezzogiorno, 6, 17, 26, 49, 134, 168, 184, 223, 234, 236n

  emigration from, 9

  mafia in, 228–29

  migration to north 128–29, 234, 274–76

  in unification, 272, 275–76

  “Mezzogiorno question,” 276

  Michelangelo, 1–3, 8, 12, 65

  Middle Ages, 12–19, 25, 99, 122, 184, 202, 242, 275

  Mieli, Paolo, 124

  Milan, 4, 26, 51–52, 70, 80, 102, 116n, 187, 194, 211, 235, 236, 241, 256, 259, 264, 265

  as business and financial capital, 9, 132, 224, 234–35, 243

  Duchy of, 21, 22, 122, 271

  mafia presence in, 234–35

  Minister for Simplification, 40–42

  Ministry of Pardon and Justice, 253

  Misseri, Michele, 56

  mistresses, 160–61

  Molise region, 6, 27

  Montanari, Massimo, 100–101

  Monti, Mario, 34, 41, 81, 112, 133n

  moral relativism, 44–45

  Moretti, Enrico, 179–81

  mothers, 171–72, 257

  in home vs. workplace, 152–53

  relationship of sons to, 162–66

  reverence for, 152, 154, 165

  motion pictures, 33, 76, 100, 188, 189, 257n, 292–93

  Church approval of, 128

  depiction of women in, 143, 157

  of 1950s and 1960s, 111–12

  motorini (mopeds), 250–51

  murders, 49–50, 56n, 68–69, 254, 258, 259

  Muslims, 18, 40, 107, 122, 130

  Sicily under, 18, 26, 99, 130

  Mussolini, Benito, 35, 36, 81, 123, 204, 249, 250, 267

  confusion surrounding execution of, 50–52

  fall of, 35, 58, 219, 254

  fantasia used by, 56–57

  Italy under, 7, 107, 127, 199, 205–6, 219, 290

  on women, 142–43

  Muti, Riccardo, 269–87

  Nabucco (Verdi), 66–67

  Naples, 4, 5, 7, 18, 23, 63, 94, 102, 104, 107, 111, 136, 141, 146, 202, 231, 233, 235, 275, 277

  cuisine of, 97, 98–99, 100

  mafia in, see Camorra

  Napoleonic Code, 262

  Napolitano, Giorgio, 73–74, 112

  national anthem, 29–30, 120

  natural disasters, 106–7

  Nazis, 31, 123, 203, 206

  ’Ndrangheta, 5–6, 125–26, 172, 229–35, 264

  Neapolitan dialect, 28

  neo-Fascists, 31, 36n, 52, 72, 79, 84, 204, 291

  nepotismo (nepotism), 242–43

  Nobel Prize, 123, 132, 259

  Normans, 18–19, 26, 122

  northern Italy, 23–26, 184, 253n, 271

  as center of industry, 8, 9, 28, 205, 234

  early territorial fragmentation of, 16–17, 19, 20

  migration from south to, 9, 128–29, 234, 274–76

  Northern League, 40, 67–68, 79, 84, 243, 269, 271n, 273, 281

  nuns, 132, 293

  Nutella, 10, 177

  oil, discovery of, 6, 43

  opera, 3, 4, 66–67, 76

  organized crime, 6, 201, 226, 227–36, 264

  family ethic in, 178, 273

  Freemasonry and, 125–26

  see also mafias; specific organizations

  Orthodox Christianity, 26, 121, 130

  Orvieto, 8, 59n, 203

  Ostrogoths, 14, 20

  Ottoman Empire, 20, 27, 31

  “Padania,” “Padanians,” 67–68, 271n, 272

  Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (Square Colosseum), 199–200

  Palermo, 18, 19, 60, 99, 229, 230, 232, 235, 264, 275

  Panorama, 84, 94, 130

  papacy, 7, 126, 137, 202

  election and proclamation of new pope in, 119–23, 194

  Holy Roman Empire vs., 16, 19, 202–3

  in invasions, 12, 15

  Italian pride in, 3, 134

  Rome and, 14–16, 25

  temporal power of, 3, 20, 126–27

  see also Vatican; specific popes

  Papal States, 2, 15–17, 25, 92, 122, 126, 275

  parents, 113, 178–79, 257

  Parma, 9, 203

  partigiani (partisans), 34–35, 50–51, 58

  Partito Communista Italiano (PCI), 23, 82

  Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 53–54

  pasta, 99–100, 103

  patronage, political, 244–46

  Paul IV, Pope, 122

  Paul VI, Pope, 161

  Pavese, Cesare, 90

  Pavia, 36, 203

  pentapartito (anti-Communist parties), 219–20

  Pepin, king of the Franks, 12, 15–16

  Perugia, 4, 50, 126

  Petacci, Clara, 51–52, 123

  Petrarch, 1, 3

  Petrolio (Pasolini), 53–54

  Piazza Venezia, Rome, 249–51, 253

  Piedmont region, 9–10, 22, 26, 124, 127, 196, 213, 236, 243, 253n, 257, 271–72, 275, 277, 278, 285

  pink, gender stereotyping of, 149, 167

  Pinocchio (Collodi), 60, 191

  Pio, Padre, 135–36

  Pirandello, Luigi, 54–55, 66, 249

  Pius IX, Pope, 2, 127, 219

  Pius V, Pope, 98, 122

  pizza, 98–99

  pizza pasquale, 94

  pizzo (protection money), 232

  Po, descent of, 67–68

  Poland, 15, 121, 134

  police forces, 42, 77, 212

  politics, 30–31, 36, 45, 127, 198

  age factor in, 112, 116

  appearance and personal style valued in, 72–85

  business and commerce in, 219–22

  Church and, 108, 117, 127–31, 175, 203

  corruption in, 82, 219, 220–21, 238–39, 241–48

  distaste for change in, 104–5, 108–9

  factions in, 202–4

  fantasia in, 59–60, 67–68

  ideological ambiguity in, 37–39, 48

  Jews in, 123

  language and, 32, 38–39, 78, 82, 84–85, 145

  mafia protected in, 231

  moderation in, 38–39

  opera and, 66–67

  restrained media coverage of, 47–48, 191

  resurgence of candidates in, 257–59

  violence in, 104–5

 
women in, 150

  see also specific parties and politicians

  Po River Valley, 6, 8–9, 28, 67, 198, 202, 203, 270

  Porta Pia, 1–4, 22

  Portugal, 38, 76, 108, 110, 122, 197, 201, 222, 235, 237, 240

  poverty, 6, 7, 9, 124, 196, 233, 277, 288

  Church charities for, 132–33

  corruption and, 237, 240, 246

  in Mezzogiorno, 275–77

  pregnancy, 89, 152–53, 162–63

  pretrial custody, 265–66

  Prezzolini, Giuseppe, 33–34, 97, 237

  privacy, 190–91, 198

  Processo del Lunedi, Il (“The Monday Trial”), 209–10

  Prodi, Romano, 32, 48, 59, 73, 175, 179, 221

  Project MOSE (MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico), 45–46

  prosecutors, 262–63, 266–67

  prostitutes, 79–80, 144, 160–61

  transgender and transexual, 167, 199

  Provenzano, Bernardo, 225–26, 232

  Puglia region, 6, 26, 27, 168, 196, 216, 229, 232

  raccomandazione, 244–46

  racism, 28, 211, 281–85

  ragazza, ragazzo, 158, 180

  Rai television network, 51, 78, 84, 151–52, 209, 212, 220

  Ravenna, 14–15, 159

  referees, contempt for, 213–14

  Reformation, 124, 137

  Reggio Calabria, 27, 230

  Renaissance, 3, 12, 17, 19–22, 28, 76, 180, 189–90, 271

  Renzi, Matteo, 113, 150, 290, 292

  Repubblica, La, 56, 122, 124, 193, 226

  resistance, Italian, 34–35, 50–51, 58, 139–41

  retirement, 94–95

  revolution, 35–36, 52

  Risorgimento (Resurgence), 3, 22, 27n, 37, 123, 165, 236, 269

  Roma, 284–85

  Roman Catholic Church:

  absolution and forgiveness and, 258, 260

  antiliberal stance of, 219

  Christian Democrats and, 38, 127–29, 158, 220

  concept of truth in, 44–45

  declining power of, 118, 128–29

  on disabilities, 89

  on divorce, 174

  in education, 274

  in everyday life, 131–33

  on family, 173, 185

  food restrictions of, 106

  holidays and observances of, 93–94

  influence on Italy of, 119–38

  in international diplomacy, 133

  and Italian state, 119–21, 219

  nepotism in, 243

  oppression by, 122–24

  as point of commonality, 273

  politics and, 108, 117, 127–31, 175, 203

  Protestantism vs., 20, 137

  restrictive practices within, 218–19

  rituals of, mimicked by ’Ndrangheta, 229

  and sanctity of life, 92–93

  on sex, 156–69

  unthinking acceptance of, 134–35

  on women, 143

  see also papacy

  romance, 155

  Roman Empire, 3, 67, 99, 275, 276

  death masks in, 64–65

  fall of, 4, 13–14, 16, 22

  Italian pride in, 3, 28, 56

  Jews in, 122

  meaning of Italia in, 270–71

  Romania, 146, 195, 222, 239

  immigrants from, 280, 284

  “Roman Question,” 127

  Rome, 1–4, 5, 7–8, 28, 44, 50, 53, 59n, 63, 70, 97, 104, 106, 122, 126, 133, 190, 194, 229, 232, 269, 280, 285

  Bologna vs., 23–25

  chaotic traffic in, 249–52

  EUR district of, 199–201

  Mussolini’s march on, 56

  papacy and, 14–16, 25

  Sack of, 20–21

  as seat of Italian government, 35, 43, 127

  soccer rivary in, 211–12

  Russia, 22n, 52, 160, 228

  Sack of Rome, 20–21

  Sacra Corona Unita, 229

  Saint Joseph’s Day, 93–94

  Saint Mark’s Basilica, 4, 26

  Saint Peter’s Basilica, 4, 12, 119–20

  Sardinia, 5, 6n, 15, 27, 196, 257n

  foreign domination of, 14, 19, 22

  independence movement in, 273

  independent kingdoms of, 18, 19

  special constitutional status of, 10

  Sardu (Sardinian) language, 27, 275

  Saviano, Roberto, 124, 227, 233

  Savoy, House of, 21, 22, 30, 125, 205n

  scandals, 125, 132, 256–57

  of Berlusconi, 79–80, 150

  of Bossi family, 243, 273

  of Craxi, 78, 220–21

  in soccer, 214–15

  see also specific cases

  scudetto (little shield), 116, 205

  Second Vatican Council, 133

  separatist movements, 67–68, 272–73, 275

  sex:

  age of initiation of, 156–57

  Church on, 154, 155–69

  in exploitation of women, 148

  extramarital, 159–61

  premarital, 158

  in scandals, 80–81, 150

  soccer and, 210

  Shakespeare, William, 65, 76

  shareholder pacts, 223–24

  Sicily, 5, 6n, 11, 26–28, 54, 68, 122, 168, 184, 212, 216, 232, 235, 236, 271, 272, 273, 279

  cuisine of, 99–100

  emigration to Americas from, 276

  foreign domination of, 14, 18–19, 22, 26

  Kingdom of, 18–19

  Mafia of, see Cosa Nostra

  special constitutional status of, 10

  Siena, 8, 19, 202, 203

  Sinti, 284

  smorfia (book of dreams), 136–37

  soccer (football), 70, 83, 278

  Calciopoli scandal in, 214–15

  fan power in, 211–12

  Italian passion for, 204–15

  power of big clubs in, 213–15

  racism in, 281–82

  risk aversion in, 115–16

  violence in, 32, 211–12

  Socialists, Italian, 23, 28, 78, 129, 144, 161, 219n, 220, 263

  Sofri, Adriano, 259–60, 267

  soggiorno obligato (“required stay”) law, 234

  Sole 24 Ore, Il, 46

  Sollecito, Raffaele, trial of, 49–50

  “Somali-ization,” 233–34

  Sordi, Alberto, 33n, 111–12

  southern Italy, 19, 23–26, 94

  migration to north from, 9, 128–29, 234, 274–76

  status of women in, 141–42

  see also Mezzogiorno

  Soviet Union, 31, 38, 58–59, 203

  Spain, Spanish, 19, 21, 30, 38, 60, 76, 86, 108, 122, 131, 145, 149, 157, 235, 228, 237

  corruption in, 239–41

  influence on Italy of, 20, 22, 26, 100

  Italy compared with, 28, 87, 98, 110, 116–17, 130, 147, 161, 162, 172n, 173, 176, 186, 195–98, 201, 202, 204, 222, 239, 240, 253, 272, 277, 283

  sprezzatura (studied insouciance), 188–89

  SS Lazio, 211, 212

  stem cell research, 92, 129, 137

  stock market, 223–24

  Striscia la notizia, 146, 152

  student revolts (1968), 52, 108, 131, 133, 144, 174, 259, 267

  Südtirol (South Tyrol), see Alto Adige/Südtirol region

  Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan, 20

  sunglasses, 186–89

  Supermoviola, 210, 215

  superstition, 136–37

  supreme court, Italian, see Court of Cassation

  Swiss Guards, 119–20


  Switzerland, 9, 12, 15, 20, 117

  Tangentopoli scandals, 214n, 237, 256–57, 263, 265

  taxes, 83, 127, 129, 275

  evasion of, 33, 42, 81, 82, 239, 247, 255–56, 268

  technology, 76–77, 109–11

  television, 84, 173, 220, 274

  Berlusconi’s holdings in, 70, 78–79, 84, 146, 177, 220

  exploitation of women on, 145–46

  fantasia used in, 59–60

  programs on, 111, 135, 136, 151, 198, 204

  soccer on, 208–10, 215

  see also specific stations and shows

  Tempa Rossa oil field, 6, 43

  terrorism, 52–53, 104–5, 134

  Terzo Corpo Designato d’Armata, 58–59

  Thatcher, Margaret, 81, 220, 290

  titles (terms of address), 192–95

  tomatoes, tomato sauce, 98, 100

  Totò (Antonio De Curtis), 33, 111–12

  Totòtruffa ’62, 33

  Totti, Francesco, 70, 210, 212

  tourism, 6, 7, 10, 44, 249, 250

  trade unions, 218

  tradition, adherence to, 103, 104–18

  traffic, 249–51, 253, 289–90

  Transparency International, 238, 239, 247

  Trentino, 10, 279

  Trento, 139, 264

  truth, as subjective and ambiguous, 44–55

  Turin, 6, 9–10, 63, 98, 127n, 205, 207, 213, 214

  Turkey, Turks, 30, 228

  Tuscany region, 8, 25, 28, 92, 97, 99, 102, 117, 126, 159, 184, 188, 216, 253n, 274, 275

  Typhoon Haiyan, 282

  ultras (soccer fans), 211–12

  Umbria region, 8, 11, 94, 126, 184, 257

  unemployment, 84

  unification, 3, 22, 30, 37, 67, 125, 271n

  Church and, 121, 126–27

  and corruption, 239–40

  Mafia as reaction to, 236

  and national identity, 269–72, 274–75

  Piedmont in, 9, 213, 236, 271–72, 275, 277

  see also Risorgimento

  United States, 31, 64n, 74, 80, 85n, 98, 100, 123n, 125, 144, 221, 242, 262

  Italian immigration to, 276, 289

  Italy compared with, 64, 85, 87, 91–92, 94, 95, 110, 114, 130, 147, 157, 160, 170, 171n, 174, 178, 179, 180, 195, 201, 220, 257, 258, 264, 272

  Italy’s relations with, 30, 35, 290, 291

  Valle d’Aosta region, 10, 19, 26, 117, 235, 277

  Vatican, 92, 119, 127, 194, 258n

  veline, 146, 152

  Venetian Republic (Serenissima), 11, 17, 21, 76, 271, 273

  Veneto region, 9–10, 100, 166, 197, 272, 273, 285

  Venice, 4, 6, 9, 10, 22, 26, 28, 64, 66, 67, 122, 197, 218, 243, 275

  MOSE lagoon project for, 45–46

  Verdi, Giuseppe, 3, 66–67, 269

  verità (truth), as subjective, 46, 47, 50

  Vesuvius, Mount, 7, 107, 146

  violence, 32, 107, 133, 182, 257

 

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