Objects in Italian Life and Culture

Fiction, Migration, and Artificiality
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-95663-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 203 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 2853 g

Reihe: Italian and Italian American Studies

This book makes visible the hidden relations between things and individuals through a discussion of creative processes and cultural practices. Italian life and culture are filled with objects that cross, accompany, facilitate or disrupt experience, desires, and dreams. Yet in spite of their ubiquity, theoretical engagement in the Italian context is still underdeveloped. Paolo Bartoloni investigates four typologies—the fictional, migrant, multicultural/transnational, and the artificial—to hypothesize that the ability to treat things as partners of emotional and creative expression creates a sense of identity predicated on inclusivity, openness, care, and attention.  

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bartoloni, Paolo

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Materielle Kultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Meaningful Places.- Fictional Objects.- Migrant Objects.- Multicultural and Transcultural Objects.- Objects as Props.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.-   

Über Autor(innen)

Paolo Bartoloni is Established Professor of Italian at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He is the author of Sapere di scrivere. Svevo e gli ordigni di La coscienza di Zeno (2015); On the Cultures of Exile, Translation and Writing (2008); and Interstitial Writing: Calvino, Caproni, Sereni and Svevo (2003).