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La cattedrale di Palermo
2015
Il volume ripercorre le principali vicende architettoniche della cattedrale di Palermo dalle origini fino al Novecento, individuandone nella sua complessa storia plurisecolare i committenti, gli artefici e i modelli di riferimento.
The Wapshot Chronicle, John Cheever (1957)
2021
This essay analyzes John Cheever's's novel "The Wapshot Chronicle" (1957) its critical reception from presentation to the present day,the historical context of its production and reception and its enduring significance.
O’Hara, John (1905-1970)
2021
John O'Hara was an important novelist of the mid-twentieth century. This essay outlines his literary career, highlighting his significant works, the historical context in which he wrote and was first read and the enduring significance of his writing.
In Cold Blood, Truman Cpote (1966)
2021
This essay analyzes Truman Capote's novel "In Cold Blood" (1966) its critical reception from presentation to the present day, the historical context of its production and reception and its enduring significance.
Doctorow, E. L. (1931-2015)
2021
E. L. Doctorow was one of the most important novelists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This essay outlines his literary career, highlighting his significant works, the historical context in which he wrote and was first read and the enduring significance of his writing.
La via sovversiva della «poesia onesta». La lezione di Saba nel secondo Novecento
2023
The essay highlights how Saba's poetry has been reinterpreted by poets and storytellers of the late twentieth century also from a civil perspective, and has established itself as the object of a rethinking that involves the very function of literature as a (residual) ambition for truth and as disobedience in the face of the semantic seduction of the «sign language of the strongest» (to use Nietzsche's formula).
Giuseppe Fanciulli maestro di letteratura per l’infanzia (1888-1951)
2022
Giuseppe Fanciulli can be considered a "deuteragonist" of children’s literature, since his literal and theatrical compositions have lost their importance over the years and only rarely were cited by his experts. The following contribution therefore intends to analyze the Fanciulli’s life and literary production, to reconstruct a complex and original literary itinerary, expression of creativity, of ingenuity and of a sincere love for the childhood, as well as manifestation of the desire to combine the literature with the education, accompanying the new generations towards a path of intellectual, ethical and moral growth. Giuseppe Fanciulli; literature; childhood; education; Twentieth century.
El papel desempeñado por los programas país de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en el desarrollo de la virología en España, 1951-1975
2020
Abstract Within the framework of recent historiography about the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in modernizing public health and the multifaceted concept of global health, this study addresses the impact of the WHO’s “country programs” in Spain from the time it was admitted to this organization in 1951 to 1975. This research adopts a transnational historical perspective and emphasizes attention to the circulation of health knowledge, practices, and people, and focuses on the Spain-0001 and Spain-0025programs, their role in the development of virology in Spain, and the transformation of public health. Sources include historical archives (WHO, the Spanish National Health School),…
Who Dares to Wear Trousers? Adoption of a New Fashion by Finnish Women 1920–1980
2021
Trousers have traditionally been men’s clothing that women have not been allowed to wear. In this article, I study the history of women’s wearing of trousers in the twentieth-century Finnish context by analysing women’s own memories and experiences of the trouser trend. My research material consists of written reminiscences, which I use, first, to reconstruct the social and cultural factors that framed women’s choices. Second, I approach their personal preferences and choices by analysing their narrative identities in the context of dress. My analysis shows that the cultural norms, conventions and expectations about a proper dress were crucial for adopting a new fashion trend. The most impo…
Políticas sanitarias locales puestas a prueba: consultores, expertos, misiones internacionales y poliomielitis en España, 1950-1975 = Local health po…
2015
Aquest treball analitza les missions d'experts d'organismes sanitaris internacionals a Espanya destinades a informar sobre la situació, les activitats realitzades i les intervencions necessàries en la lluita contra la discapacitat física dels xiquets. El Pla Espanya-23 va ser l'instrument utilitzat per l'OMS i altres agències per a posar en marxa el procés de canvi en un país en transformació durant la llarga etapa de vigència de la dictadura franquista. El treball utilitza com a fonts informes inèdits d'experts de l'OMS, que van ser resultat de visites realitzades al país entre 1950 i 1975. L'abordatge metodològic va consistir en una anàlisi del discurs que es troba en les fonts i la seua …