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Italian TV Drama and Beyond Popular culture • Advice on safety andSince its inception in the mid 1950s, the television drama has emerged as the dominant medium of contemporary storytelling in Italian society, with a steadily increasing supply of locally produced domestic dramas offering up competing versions of Italian identity. Informed by the nations rich historical and cultural heritageas well as a string of notable foreign importsthe narratives discussed here offer much insight into Italian society and highlight