Lita Crociani-Windland

Festivals, Affect and Identity (eBook, PDF)

A Deleuzian Apprenticeship in Central Italian Communities

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Produktbeschreibung

'Festivals, Affect and Identity' offers an outline of areas of continental philosophy and critical theory, which involve high levels of abstractions, yet become more accessible when related to specific events and their detailed analysis. The case study material enables theories to become more understandable in relation to application, triangulation and comparison with different theoretical frameworks. It puts flesh on the 'hard to get hold of' nature of continental philosophy.

Maintaining continuity in the face of problems and ruptures and the interplay of fluidity and structure are central aspects explored and illustrated by ethnography focused on the affective dynamics of four festivals: the Palio in Siena and the Bravio in Montepulciano, both based on competitive territorial divisions; the Bruscello in Montepulciano and the Teatro Povero in Monticchiello, both theatres with links to sharecropping, a long established agrarian practice vanquished by modernity. The detailed analysis applied to this selection of case studies offers a grounding of theoretical concepts and an example of how these may be applied to analyse different phenomena. This approach sees the imprint of environmental and historical conditions as generative of a dynamic process of ever evolving community identities for which festivals provide expression, while also providing a way of living with them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857288097
• Artikelnr.: 44360674

Autorenporträt

Lita Crociani-Windland is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Fellow of the Centre for Psycho-Social Studies at the University of the West of England, where she also gained her MSc and PhD.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Learning, Identity, Duration and the Virtual
Chapter 3. Siena and its Province – An Overview
Chapter 4. Siena and the Palio – War and State Machine – Identity and Becoming
Chapter 5. Montepulciano’s Bruscello Theatre – Rupture, Continuity and the ‘Refrain’
Chapter 6. The ‘Problem/Idea’ of Montepulciano – How to be Autonomous in the Face of Overwhelming Force
Chapter 7. Montepulciano’s Bravio Delle Botti – A Festival in the Making
Chapter 8. Sharecropping and Modernity
Chapter 9. Monticchiello – A Community Under Siege
Chapter 10. A Tree with its Roots in the Air – Monticchiello’s Theatre of the ‘Virtual’
Chapter 11. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index