Il Fischietto

Il Fischietto (Italian: The Whistle) was a political satire magazine published in Turin between 1848 and 1916. It was among the most important Italian satirical magazines of its time.[1] Its subtitle was Bizzarrie d'attuale - Rivista illustrata con disegni originali.[1]

Il Fischietto
Cover page of the first issue dated November 1848
CategoriesSatirical magazine
Founder
  • Giuseppe Cassone
  • Lorenzo Pedrone
Founded1848
First issue2 November 1848
Final issue1916
CountryKingdom of Italy
Based inTurin
LanguageItalian

History and profile

Il Fischietto was established by Giuseppe Cassone and Lorenzo Pedrone in Turin in 1848.[1][2][3] Its first issue appeared on 2 November that year.[1] Picchetti Pietro served as its director,[2] and Francesco Redenti was one of its editors.[4] The magazine came out three times per week until 1905 when its frequency was switched to biweekly.[2] It was redesigned as a weekly in 1914.[2]

The magazine covered political satire[2] and supported civil liberties, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.[1] Casimiro Teja was among the notable contributors of Il Fischietto.[4] It targeted different groups, including government ministers, and had a liberal and anti-clerical political stance.[4][5] It generally supported the politicians Giuseppe Garibaldi, Bettino Ricasoli and Cavour.[4]

Its circulation was about 3,000 copies in the 1850s, but the magazine enjoyed higher levels of readership in the 1860s.[4]

Il Fischietto folded in 1916.[1][2]

References
  1. "Unknown - Il Fischietto (the Whiste) Original Lithograph - 1863". pamono.eu. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. "Il Fischietto". periodicipiemonte.it. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. Luca Cottini (Fall 2017). "Palazzeschi's "La passeggiata" and the Urban Miniatures of the Modern World". Italica. 94 (3): 509. JSTOR 44983604.
  4. Niall Whelehan (April 2015). "Revolting Peasants: Southern Italy, Ireland, and Cartoons in Comparative Perspective, 1860–1882". International Review of Social History. 60 (1): 7. doi:10.1017/S0020859015000024. JSTOR 26394721.
  5. Enrico Baroncini (2017). "Charivari and the 1876 Italian Elections". In Ilaria Favretto; Xabier Itçaina (eds.). Protest, Popular Culture and Tradition in Modern and Contemporary Western Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 53. doi:10.1057/978-1-137-50737-2_3. ISBN 978-1-137-50737-2.
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