{"id":4666,"date":"2015-07-13T15:56:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T13:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rickzullo.com\/?p=4666"},"modified":"2022-01-23T15:13:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T14:13:51","slug":"fci-013-the-erotic-history-of-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickzullo.com\/fci-013-the-erotic-history-of-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"FCI 013 – The Erotic History of Italy with Cinzia Giorgio"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m making a prediction: this podcast episode will become my most downloaded track on iTunes within a short time. What makes me think this? Well, two things. First, because the title is certain to attract people\u2019s attention when it pops up in a search. From my Google stats, I know that \u201cdating Italian women<\/a>,\u201d \u201csex in Italy,\u201d and \u201cRoman orgies\u201d are among the most common terms directing people to my website, for some reason. So I can only assume that \u201cThe Erotic History of Italy,\u201d will be a favorite among podcast listeners.<\/p>\n

But the second reason–and more importantly–is that my guest, Cinzia Giorgio, is a true academic authority on this subject. She shares some astute explanations on the changing roles of women in Italy, relationship protocols, mammoni<\/em>, and yes, the bawdy tales from the annals of Italian history and literature. Suffice to say that she knows her subject well, and I\u2019m sure that you all will be very interested to hear what she has to say on these titillating topics.<\/p>\n

Cinzia Giorgio was born in\u00a0Venosa in\u00a01975. She has degrees in Literature and Modern Languages, with specializations in Women\u2019s Studies and\u00a0History, and she also has a Ph.D. in\u00a0Comparative Literature. She lives in Rome and writes articles on history and art for specialized publications. She also writes essays, novels, plays and reviews, and is the director of the\u00a0Scuola Romana di Scrittura (Creative Writing Sch\"pink<\/a>ool of Rome), organizing salon litt\u00e9raire for the Associazione Leuss\u00f4 in\u00a0Roma. She is the Art Director of Pink Magazine Italia.<\/p>\n

In fact, it is her role with Pink Magazine that led to our initial collaboration. A couple of months ago she contacted me to be interviewed for their inaugural issue. I get the occasional request for this sort of thing, so at first I didn\u2019t think too much about it. But as I learned more about Cinzia and the many literary projects that she\u2019s involved with, the more I realized just what an honor it was to be asked to participate. What\u2019s more, she\u2019s invited me to have a regular column in their magazine, and I\u2019m thrilled to be a part of such a high-quality publication.<\/p>\n

The Erotic History of Italy<\/h2>\n

In case you\u2019re wondering, the title for this blog post is taken from the title of one of her essays. \u201cThe Erotic History of Italy\u201d was published in November of 2014, with the subtitles La storia d\u2019Italia \u00e8 stata scritta a letto<\/em><\/strong> (The history of Italy was written in bed) and L\u2019Italia \u00e8 una Repubblica fondata sul piacere<\/em><\/strong> (Italy is republic founded on pleasure); this last one her \u201cinterpretation\u201d on the first article of Italy\u2019s constitution.\"the<\/a><\/p>\n

If those footnotes don\u2019t warm you up, have a look at some of these steamy chapter titles.<\/p>\n