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Between two stages: Rita Pavone and i giovani on Studio Uno (1961–1966) (2017)
Journal Article
Brioni, C. (2017). Between two stages: Rita Pavone and i giovani on Studio Uno (1961–1966). Italian Studies, 72(4), 414-427. https://doi.org/10.1080/00751634.2017.1370895

This article analyses how Italian young people were represented in the Saturday night television programme Studio Uno (1961–1966). It defines i giovani as a performative identity: i giovani are not described as a specific age group, but rather as a n... Read More about Between two stages: Rita Pavone and i giovani on Studio Uno (1961–1966).

Scandal, motherhood and Mina in 1960s Italy (2017)
Journal Article
Haworth, R. (2017). Scandal, motherhood and Mina in 1960s Italy. Modern Italy, 22(3), 247-260. https://doi.org/10.1017/mit.2017.38

Celebrity scandals are a useful tool to reveal the pervasiveness of expected ways of behaving within a particular culture or society. Italy of the early 1960s was particularly marked by these kinds of scandals, including that of singer Mina's pregnan... Read More about Scandal, motherhood and Mina in 1960s Italy.

Re-writing complexity through fragments: mapping Milan in the twenty-first century (2017)
Journal Article
Rorato, L. (2017). Re-writing complexity through fragments: mapping Milan in the twenty-first century. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 25(4), 495-509. https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2017.1339590

This article engages with the powerful nature of individual fragments in challenging the stereotypical images of the city, in particular those images that tie Milan almost exclusively to fashion, design, or events like Expo 2015. Using a series of di... Read More about Re-writing complexity through fragments: mapping Milan in the twenty-first century.

The littérature mineure of François Bon (2017)
Journal Article
Chadderton, H. (2017). The littérature mineure of François Bon. Studies in 20th & 21st century literature, 41(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.4148/2334-4415.1870

This article shows how the work of contemporary author François Bon can be read as an example of Deleuze and Guattari’s littérature mineure. Bon’s work stands out on the French literary scene for its capacity to be political in both its content and i... Read More about The littérature mineure of François Bon.

Translating class in Jonathan Coe (2017)
Journal Article
Chadderton, H. (2017). Translating class in Jonathan Coe. Translator: Studies in Intercultural Communication, 23(3), 269-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/13556509.2017.1297673

This article looks at the translation and reception in France of the contemporary British author Jonathan Coe. Coe’s work is four times more popular in France than in the UK and is particularly enjoyed for its treatment of contemporary social and pol... Read More about Translating class in Jonathan Coe.

Online video sharing: an alternative channel for film distribution? Copyright enforcement, censorship, and Chinese independent cinema (2016)
Journal Article
Feng, L. (2017). Online video sharing: an alternative channel for film distribution? Copyright enforcement, censorship, and Chinese independent cinema. Chinese Journal of Communication, 10(3), 279-294. https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2016.1247736

Regarding piracy as a crime of stealing copyright holders’ rightful profits, many creative industries, such as the film, music, and gaming industries, are battling for tough administrative and legal enforcement against copyright infringement. However... Read More about Online video sharing: an alternative channel for film distribution? Copyright enforcement, censorship, and Chinese independent cinema.

Individuality, Hierarchy, and Dilemma: the Making of Confucian Cultural Citizenship in a Contemporary Chinese Classical School (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2016). Individuality, Hierarchy, and Dilemma: the Making of Confucian Cultural Citizenship in a Contemporary Chinese Classical School. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 21(4), 435-452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-016-9436-9

Is Confucianism compatible with citizenship? If yes, how? Cultural transformation in recent citizenship studies provides a theoretical junction to bring the two concepts together. In terms of cultural citizenship, this paper explores the making of Co... Read More about Individuality, Hierarchy, and Dilemma: the Making of Confucian Cultural Citizenship in a Contemporary Chinese Classical School.

Contesting the memory of Frank Beyer’s "Jacob the liar" (2016)
Book Chapter
Ward, E. M. (2016). Contesting the memory of Frank Beyer’s "Jacob the liar". In D. M. Seymour, & M. Camino (Eds.), The Holocaust in the Twenty-First Century: Contesting/Contested Memories (163-181). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315647968-18

In August 1992, the final curtain fell on East German filmmaking. Established in 1946, three years before the founding of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) under the auspices of the Soviet Union, the state-sponsored film studio Deutsche Film-Aktie... Read More about Contesting the memory of Frank Beyer’s "Jacob the liar".