The bodies of young Italians began to emerge in the late fifties gaining a social and cultural connotation. After years of sacrifice the younger generation seemed to discover a new way of dressing, of spending their free time, of moving. The first festival of rock and roll in Italy was held in Milan on 18 May 1957. The opening night was not peaceful: most of the seven thousand spectators who arrived in the town were forced to turn back, because the show was suspended for reasons related to public order...

The Dancing Bodies: Rock and Roll and the Danger of Disengagement of Young People in the Analysis of Italian-Inspired Communist Journals in the Late Fifties / Pruneri, Fabio. - (2016), pp. 134-135. (Intervento presentato al convegno Education and the Body tenutosi a CHICAGO nel AUGUST 17-20, 2016).

The Dancing Bodies: Rock and Roll and the Danger of Disengagement of Young People in the Analysis of Italian-Inspired Communist Journals in the Late Fifties

PRUNERI, Fabio
2016-01-01

Abstract

The bodies of young Italians began to emerge in the late fifties gaining a social and cultural connotation. After years of sacrifice the younger generation seemed to discover a new way of dressing, of spending their free time, of moving. The first festival of rock and roll in Italy was held in Milan on 18 May 1957. The opening night was not peaceful: most of the seven thousand spectators who arrived in the town were forced to turn back, because the show was suspended for reasons related to public order...
2016
The Dancing Bodies: Rock and Roll and the Danger of Disengagement of Young People in the Analysis of Italian-Inspired Communist Journals in the Late Fifties / Pruneri, Fabio. - (2016), pp. 134-135. (Intervento presentato al convegno Education and the Body tenutosi a CHICAGO nel AUGUST 17-20, 2016).
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