Habitus and embeddedness in the Florentine literary field: the case of Alberto Carocci (1926-1939)

La Penna, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4197-0041 (2018) Habitus and embeddedness in the Florentine literary field: the case of Alberto Carocci (1926-1939). Italian Studies, 73 (2). pp. 126-141. ISSN 0075-1634 doi: 10.1080/00751634.2018.1444536

Abstract/Summary

This article intends to show how the notion of embeddedness, a concept derived from network theory, can improve our understanding of how a journal’s reliance on regional and national intellectual networks impacts the journal’s performance. The study takes as test case Alberto Carocci’s editorship of Solaria. It also discusses — to a more limited extent — Giacomo Noventa (La riforma letteraria), and Berto Ricci (L’Universale). The study shows how uneven distribution of social capital (connections, links, etc.) across the members of the editorial board affects the journal’s embeddedness in existing networks. The article closes by arguing the need to focus on how journal editors develop their networks as a reaction to political pressure and in order to sustain competition in the marketplace.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-pure-test.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/75567
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/00751634.2018.1444536
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Central Services Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities
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