Objects in Italian Life and Culture Fiction, Migration, and Artificiality

Zusatztext    Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext This book makes visible the hidden relations between things and individuals through a discussion of creative processes and cultural practices. It engages with fascinating 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.  Zusammenfassung This book makes visible the hidden relations between things and individuals through a discussion of creative processes and cultural practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.- Meaningful Places.- Fictional Objects.- Migrant Objects.- Multicultural and Transcultural Objects.- Objects as Props.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.-

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Laura Bartoloni Rascaroli, Paolo Bartoloni
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.07.2016
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro
• EAN: 9781349948741
• ISBN: 978-1-349-94874-1
• Numero di pagine: 212
• Serie: Perspektiven der Mathematikdidaktik; Springer Palgrave Macmillan; Italian and Italian American Studies; Italian and Italian American Studies
• Categorie: B, Cultural Studies, Performing Arts, Cultural Theory, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Ethnology—Europe, European Culture, Motion pictures—European influences, European Film and TV, European Cinema and TV