Objects in Italian Life and Culture [electronic resource] : Fiction, Migration, and Artificiality  /
Bartoloni, Paolo.author.
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. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Meaningful Places -- Fictional Objects -- Migrant Objects -- Multicultural and Transcultural Objects -- Objects as Props -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- .
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. .
Culture-Study and teaching.
Motion pictures-European influences.
Ethnology-Europe.
Cultural Theory.
European Cinema and TV.
European Culture.