Sardinia on Screen

The Construction of the Sardinian Character in Italian Cinema

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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This volume explores how Sardinians and Sardinia have been portrayed in Italian cinema from the beginning of the 20th century until now, starting from the examination of Sardinian tropes in a wide range of texts – travel writing, fictional sources, essays and academic works. The purpose is to shed light on the cultural construction of the Sardinian character and to reveal the ideology that is behind this process. Hence the volume challenges topics such as the dynamics between verbal and visual imagery, and the intertwining between discourse, images and audience. It addresses the following questions: how was the Sardinian character translated from texts into films? Which strategies were developed to define Sardinian images on screen? For whom were these images intended? Which ideology lies behind the images?Focusing on cultural images within film and literature, this volume is of interest to those working in imagology, comparative, cultural and Italian studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-01-01
Mått155 x 235 x 38 mm
Vikt1 004 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudia Imagologica
Antal sidor580
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789042037502

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AcknowledgementsIntroductionImagology: Theory and MethodsTropes, Images and ExoticismNational Characters: Origins and DevelopmentSardinian CharacterNational Characters from Literature to CinemaDescription of the CorpusStructure of the Book1. Sardinian Tropes in Literature before 1900Sardinia in European Literature before 1900Tropes of LandPeopleWomenCharacterConclusion2. Sardinian Tropes in Literature after 1900Sardinia in European Literature after 1900Tropes of LandPeopleWomenCharacterConclusion3. Sardinian Tropes on ScreenThe ‘Ethnographic Spectacle’Sardinian LandscapeNorth versus SouthSardinia as a Symbol of the SouthMountains and LandscapeSocial-political MarginalityExoticism and WildernessSea and Tourism: Coast as InterfaceCities and Post-modernityConclusion4. Sardinian Characters on ScreenPhysical Appearance and National CharacterShepherds and BanditsHonour and Shame: The ‘Vendetta Barbaricina’Shepherds versus Town-dwellers and FarmersThe Sardinian WomanThe ‘New’ Sardinian PeopleConclusion5. Sardinian Identity on ScreenThe Festivity as an Icon of Sardinian IdentityNational CostumePrehistory as a Topos of Sardinian IdentityItalian and Sardinian on ScreenConclusion6. CasesLa grazia (Aldo De Benedetti, 1929)Sequestro di persona (Gianfranco Mingozzi, 1968)Scarabea (Hans Jürgen Syberberg, 1969)Il disertore (Giuliana Berlinguer, 1983)Pesi leggeri (Enrico Pau, 2001)L’ultima frontiera (Franco Bernini, 2006)Post Scriptum: Bellas mariposas (Salvatore Mereu, 2012)ConclusionAppendix: Brief Summary of Sardinian HistoryBibliographyFilmographyIndex of NamesIndex of Films

“this work will certainly be a keystone in the study of Sardinian identity and culture. Bonaria Urban’s book is a text with which scholars of these subjects will have to engage, and which will be important also for those studying the representation of the south of Italy in general. Given its structure and length, it can also be used as a sort of catalogue, allowing the reader to jump from section to section and focus mainly on what s/he is interested in.” - Luca Peretti, Yale University, in: Modern Language Review, 111.3 (2016), pp. 880-882“It is, however, admirably researched, clearly written and, I believe, instrumental in providing an overview of regional representations, and of literary and visual texts which have often been marginalized within Italian Studies.” - Giorgia Alù, University of Sidney, in: Incontri , vol. 29 (2014)