{"product_id":"irresistible-signs-1","title":"Irresistible Signs","description":"\u003cp\u003eLanguage is now understood as a key component of cultural identity, but discourses on linguistic nationalism are only a few centuries old. In \u003cem\u003eIrresistible Signs\u003c\/em\u003e, Paola Gambarota investigates the connection between Italian language and national identity over four hundred years, from late-Renaissance linguistic theories to nineteenth-century nationalist myths.\u003cbr\u003e\nChallenging the consensus that linguistic nationalism originated with nineteenth century German philosophers, \u003cem\u003eIrresistible Signs\u003c\/em\u003e advances a more nuanced theory of how culture and language become inextricably linked through literary and rhetorical elements. Gambarota combines Anglo-American theories of the nation with the most advanced Italian scholarship on language ideology and delves into ideas from Giambattista Vico, Giacomo Leopardi, and Melchiorre Cesarotti. \u003cem\u003eIrresistible Signs\u003c\/em\u003e also explores how images of national communities are represented within vernaculars, affirming their influence in shaping contemporary models of monolingual nationhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Paola Gambarota","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53617695162748,"sku":"9781442695269","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442695269.jpg?v=1731031070","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/irresistible-signs-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}