“Misfits” in Fin-de-Siècle France and Italy: Anatomies of Difference
Susan A. Ashley explores the idea of the “misfit” in fin-de-siècle France and Italy. With a comparative focus on the cultural and social meanings of difference, this study offers an academic perspective on how lives outside prevailing norms were understood in a transformative historical period.
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“Misfits” in Fin-de-Siècle France and Italy: Anatomies of Difference examines ideas of difference in France and Italy during the fin-de-siècle period.
The book focuses on the category of the “misfit” and the ways it could be understood within its historical and cultural context.
Through its comparative scope, the study places French and Italian perspectives alongside one another.
It is suited to readers interested in history, cultural studies, and the social interpretation of difference.
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