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Changing emotional landscapes? Grand Hotel and representations of love and courtship in 1950s Italy

Changing emotional landscapes? Grand Hotel and representations of love and courtship in 1950s Italy
Changing emotional landscapes? Grand Hotel and representations of love and courtship in 1950s Italy
The popular Italian photo-romance magazine Grand Hotel – famed for its stories about love – is studied here as a kind of school for the emotions, in a society where social change was bringing about redefinitions of love, jealousy, courtship and marriage. Both the love stories and the advice columns of the magazine are closely examined for their representations and negotiations of changing gender codes and changing rituals and experiences of courtship, in the context of the rapidly modernizing society of the 1950s. Migration, the rise of mass media, consumerism and changing gender roles were transforming everyday life, with a particularly strong impact on the generation coming of age during this period.
courtship, love, post-war italy, popular magazines, grand hotel
1478-0038
285-306
Cullen, Niamh
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Cullen, Niamh
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Cullen, Niamh (2014) Changing emotional landscapes? Grand Hotel and representations of love and courtship in 1950s Italy. Cultural and Social History, 11 (2), 285-306. (doi:10.2752/147800414X13893661072960).

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The popular Italian photo-romance magazine Grand Hotel – famed for its stories about love – is studied here as a kind of school for the emotions, in a society where social change was bringing about redefinitions of love, jealousy, courtship and marriage. Both the love stories and the advice columns of the magazine are closely examined for their representations and negotiations of changing gender codes and changing rituals and experiences of courtship, in the context of the rapidly modernizing society of the 1950s. Migration, the rise of mass media, consumerism and changing gender roles were transforming everyday life, with a particularly strong impact on the generation coming of age during this period.

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Published date: January 2014
Keywords: courtship, love, post-war italy, popular magazines, grand hotel
Organisations: History

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Local EPrints ID: 386696
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/386696
ISSN: 1478-0038
PURE UUID: 55a16e66-1dca-4bb2-8e08-3ea455241fb5

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Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 22:36

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Author: Niamh Cullen

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