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Transnational ‘Italian’ stardom: Lara saint paul and the performativity of race (2018)
Journal Article
Brioni, C., & Brioni, S. (2018). Transnational ‘Italian’ stardom: Lara saint paul and the performativity of race. Italian Studies, 73(4), 351-364. https://doi.org/10.1080/00751634.2018.1499844

This article aims to contribute to the debate about critical race studies in the Italian context – and especially in the 1960s and the 1970s – by focusing on the construction and negotiation of race in the career of the prominent Italian meticcia sin... Read More about Transnational ‘Italian’ stardom: Lara saint paul and the performativity of race.

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).

Noi Siamo i Giovani : the popular media construction of Italian youth through style, 1965-1975 (2017)
Thesis
Brioni, C. (2017). Noi Siamo i Giovani : the popular media construction of Italian youth through style, 1965-1975. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224123

This thesis analyses the media construction of the ‘imagined community’ of Italian youth from 1965 to 1975 by looking at representations of young people’s style and bodily practices in magazines, Musicarelli films and television programmes aimed at a... Read More about Noi Siamo i Giovani : the popular media construction of Italian youth through style, 1965-1975.