Rome Eternal: The City as Fatherland

ISBN-13: 9781909662582 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 272 str.

Guy Lanoue

Opis

What does Roman mean? How does the mythical city touch people s identities, values and attitudes? In the long-established and official imaginary of the West, Rome is the citta dell arte, the city of faith, an heirloom city inspired by the traces of ancient Empire, by the brooding aura of the Church, by Hollywood fairy-tale romance, and by the spicy tang of veiled decadence. But what of its contemporary residents? Are they now merely guides and waiters servicing throngs of tourists indifferent to the city s contemporary charms? Guy Lanoue, a former resident of Rome, explores how Romans live the modern myth of Rome Eternal. Since the 19th century, it has defined an important community, the fatherland, a home-spun society where the rules of everyday life become tradition: ways of eating, dressing, making and keeping friends and acquaintances, proper ways of speaking and a hard to define but nonetheless tangible air of composure. Guy Lanoue is a Professor of Anthropology at the Universite de Montreal."

Spis treści

1. Introduction: 'Rome Is My Fatherland' 2. One Home, Many Romes 3. Public and Private, Formal and Informal: From Power to Status 4. The Vatican and Rome: From Myth to Politics 5. Building the Mythical Landscape: From Politics to History 6. Building the City: From Myth to Place 7. Building the Patria after Unification: From Myth to Culture 8. Being Well-Bred in a 'Time-full' Place: From Culture to Myth 9. Mussolini's Gifts: From Politics to Rhetoric 10. Somatizing Rome Eternal: From Myth to the Body 11. Recent Changes

O autorze

Guy Lanoue