TY - BOOK AU - Hooper,John TI - The Italians SN - 9780525428077 AV - DG451 .H66 2015 U1 - 945.093 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Viking KW - Italians KW - Ethnic identity KW - Italy KW - Civilization KW - 1945- KW - Social conditions KW - 1994- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The beautiful country -- A violent past -- Echoes and reverberations -- A hall of mirrors -- Fantasia -- Face values --Life as art -- Gnocchi on Thursdays -- Holy orders -- Le Italiane attitudes change -- Lovers and sons -- Family matters -- People who don't dance -- Taking sides -- Restrictive practices -- Of Mafias and Mafiosi -- Temptation and tangenti -- Pardon and justice -- Questions of identity ER -