Una guerra corsara: il conflitto ispano-americano visto dall’Italia

Abstract

This article deals with the analysis of the representation of the Spanish-American War (1898) in the Italian illustrated press with particular attention to the magazines L’Illustrazione popolare, L’Illustrazione Italiana and La Tribuna Illustrata della domenica, showing the different editorial attitudes and offering a reading of the iconographic apparatus particularly significant in this type of publications.

Keywords

• Spanish-American War
• illustrated press
• iconography
• representation
• diffusion