Festivals, affect, and identity
Subtitle: a Deleuzian apprenticeship in central Italian communities
By: Lita Crociani-Windland
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780857289988
Subjects: Social life and customs; Ethnology; Italian National characteristics; Criticism and interpretation; Ethnic identity; Italians; Festivals; Ethnicity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Learning, identity, duration, and the virtual; title: Siena and its province: an overview; title: Siena and the Palio " war and state machine": identity and becoming; title: Montepulciano and Bruscello: rupture, continuity, and the "refrain"; title: The "problem/idea" of Montepulciano: how to be autonomous in the face of overwhelming force; title: Montepulciano's bravio delle botti and a genealogy of cunning; title: Sharecropping and modernity; title: Monticchiello's "problem/idea": a community under siege; title: A tree with its roots in the air: Monticchiello's theatre of the "virtual"; title: Conclusion.