Tag: Sud
Recensione a “Sguardo Inglese e Merditerraneo italiano” di Luigi Cazzato (Silvia Contarini)
Anche quest’anno S/Murare partecipa a “Lector in fabula” (Conversano)
Nuovo libro di Luigi Cazzato
Il gruppo di ricerca “S/Murare il Mediterraneo” sbarca a Fasano (BR)
Il gruppo di ricerca “S/Murare il Mediterraneo” sbarca a Fasano (BR), al Teatro Sociale, all’interno della manifestazione organizzata dal quotidiano FasanoLive, “Terre di Mezzo”, il 26 gennaio.
Heading south: theory, Viva Riva! and District 9 by Pier Paolo Frassinelli
This article begins by reflecting on how the geopolitical configuration outlined in Edward Said’s Culture and imperialism (1993) has been radically altered both by the decline of the US empire and, in conjunction with it, by what Jean and John Comaroff describe, in the subtitle of Theory from the south (2012), as Euro-America’s evolution toward Africa. From there, the article turns to Viva Riva! (2010) and District 9 (2009), two films that appropriate the conventions of Hollywood blockbusters to produce cinematic narratives set in contemporary
African urban landscapes which lend themselves to be viewed through the lens of recent theoretical debates on the becoming global of the south. These films’ gazes produce an image of African cities that is legible as a dystopic vision of the global future.