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Drawing on previously neglected primary sources, it charts the discursive construction of Matera as a ‘national disgrace’ in the context of post-war Italy’s complex political landscape, renewed interest in the southern question, and narratives of the Italian nation. This book explores how and why Matera came to be viewed in such negative terms and investigates the impact that this had on the city’s social and urban development. However, the rehousing programme was beset by numerous problems and was never fully completed. As a result, the Sassi were gradually emptied and the local population was rehoused in purpose-built rural villages and urban quarters. The Italian government implemented a rehousing programme for Matera’s cave dwellers in 1952. The southern Italian city of Matera was dubbed a ‘national disgrace’ in the immediate post-war period due to media and political focus on its distinctive cave homes, the Sassi, which housed an estimated 15,000 people in the early 1950s. This applies in particular to reproductions, translations, microfilming, and storage and processing in electronic retrieval systems. Published by Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers,ĥ2 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LU, United Patrick McGauley has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this Work.Īll parts of this publication are protected by copyright.Īny utilisation outside the strict limits of the copyright law, without the permission of the publisher, is forbidden and liable to prosecution. Source: Marjory Collins Papers, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. | Sassi (Matera, Italy)-Buildings, structures, etc.Ĭlassification: LCC DG975.M | DDC 945/.772-dc23Ĭover image: ‘A cave home in the Sassi’ (1950) by Marjory Collins. Subjects: LCSH: Matera (Italy)-History-20th century. | Oxford New York : Peter Lang, | Series: Italian modernities 31 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Title: Matera, 1945-1960 : the history of a ‘national disgrace‘ / Patrick McGauley.ĭescription: First edition. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

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