In this contribution, I analyse the schoolbooks of Carlo Collodi (born Carlo Lorenzini, 1826-1890), written between 1877 and 1890. In those years, the recently formed Italian State – declared in 1861 and completed in 1871 with the annexation of Rome – faced the necessity of constructing a shared national identity for a heterogeneous community. I examine how the representation of paternal figures is informed by Collodi’s pedagogical approach in his schoolbooks. Within the Italian nation-building, which had cultural and ideological nuances, the family was considered essential, and the padre played an undisputed authoritarian role. However, my analysis demonstrates how Collodi’s schoolbooks subvert that ideology through representing the dysfunctional paternal figure.
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Titolo del capitolo
Absent Fathers and Italian Nation-building in Carlo Collodi’s Books for School
Autori
Andrea Pagani
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-597-4.06
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Rewriting and Rereading the XIX and XX-Century Canons
Sottotitolo del libro
Offerings for Annamaria Pagliaro
Curatori
Samuele Grassi, Brian Zuccala
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-597-4
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-597-4
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-598-1
Collana
Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna
e-ISSN della collana
2420-8361