Tales of Two Cities

News, Stories and Media Events in Early Modern Florence and Naples

edited by Vincenzo Caputo, Lorenza Gianfrancesco and Pasquale Palmieri

Book cover: Tales of Two Cities

Extent: 338 pages

Publisher: Viella – libreria editrice

Subjects: Communications, Film, & Media Studies, Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Italian Studies

Series: Viella Historical Research

Series volume number: 25

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2023)

ISBN: 9788833137247

Price: $44.00

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Early modern Florence and Naples were important cities at the nexus of global cultural, political and economic networks. Their multicultural urban sphere fostered international mobility and the spread of news and information. Governmental and elite palaces, public buildings, busy streets and crowded squares became centres for the construction of propaganda and dissent that was manifested through public performances, rumours, animated debates and the circulation of material such as avvisi, broadsheets and anonymous compositions. The multidisciplinary approach of this volume explores the social and ideological impact of urban communication in Florence and Naples, with various case studies analysing the extent to which the dissemination of information shaped consensus, dissent and communities’ attitudes towards gender, minorities, otherness as well as the marginalised.

  • By (author) Francesco Benigno
  • By (author) Lucio Biasori
  • By (author) Davide Boerio
  • By (author) Stefano Calonaci
  • By (author) Vincenzo Caputo
  • By (author) Silvana D’Alessio
  • By (author) Brendan Dooley
  • By (author) Idamaria Fusco
  • By (author) Francesca Fausta Gallo
  • By (author) Lorenza Gianfrancesco
  • By (author) Vincenzo Lagioia
  • By (author) Luca Marangolo
  • By (author) Samuela Marconcini
  • By (author) Giuseppe Mrozek Eliszezynski
  • By (author) Pasquale Palmieri
  • By (author) Giovanna Rizzarelli
  • By (author) Lisa Roscioni
  • Edited by Vincenzo Caputo
  • Edited by Lorenza Gianfrancesco
  • Edited by Pasquale Palmieri