HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Hooper, John, 1950-
Subjects
Italians -- Ethnic identity.
Italy -- Civilization -- 1945-
Italy -- Social conditions -- 1994-
Browse Catalog
by author:
Hooper, John, 1950-
by title:
Itʻallia saramdŭl ir...
MARC Display
Itʻallia saramdŭl irasŏ : chinachʻige maeryŏkchŏgigo ŏmchʻŏng nage hollansŭrŏun / [Chon Hupʽŏ chiŭm ; No Si-nae omgim].
by
Hooper, John, 1950-
Sŏul-si : Matʻi, 2017.
Subjects
Italians -- Ethnic identity.
Italy -- Civilization -- 1945-
Italy -- Social conditions -- 1994-
ISBN:
9791186000502 (paperback)
Description:
337 p. ; 22 cm
Edition:
Chʻopʻan.
Requests:
0
Summary:
How can a nation that spawned the Renaissance have produced the Mafia? How could people concerned with bella figura (keeping up appearances) have elected Silvio Berlusconi as their leader, not once, but three times? Sublime and maddening, fascinating yet baffling, Italy is a country of seemingly unsolvable riddles. John Hooper's entertaining and perceptive new book is the ideal companion for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the unique character of the Italians. Digging deep into their history, culture, and religion, Hooper offers keys to understanding everything from their bewildering politics to their love of life and beauty. Looking at the facts that lie behind the stereotypes, he sheds new light on many aspects of Italian life-- football and Freemasonry, sex, symbolism, and the reason why Italian has twelve words for a coat hanger, yet none for a hangover. Even readers who think they know Italy well will be surprised, challenged, and delighted by The Italians.
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Copy
Status
McCully-Moiliili Public Library
Korean Language
K 945.093 Ho
[1317226]
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.