Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
Acqua Passata : Acqua di Colonia e il rimosso del colonialismo italiano / F. Boni. - In: STUDI CULTURALI. - ISSN 1824-369X. - 14:1(2017 Apr), pp. 111-125. [10.1405/86480]
Abstract:
The article analyses Elvira Frosini and Daniele Timpano’s play, Acqua di colonia (2016),
which deals with the issue of Italian colonialism, challenging the dominant discourse with
stage-writing and a performance capable of describing the present by plunging roots into
the historical fabric of Italian society. With their caustic and irreverent theatre, Frosini and
Timpano show that Italian past colonialism (and present subtle racism) are subjected to
a process of repression within the country which particularly affects the everyday social
field. The Italian colonial experience constitutes pages not yet integrated into the official
national history of the country; they are removed, or openly denied, in the name of a
myth still deeply rooted in the collective imaginary, which claims the atypicality of the
Italian colonial experience as that of a «colonialism with a human face». Starting with this
much-abused national myth, Frosini and Timpano flood the stage with historical facts,
documents and contemporary myths, shattering the (already fragile) utopia of an Italian
post-racial society.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Italian Colonialism; Postcolonial; Italian Identity; Theatre; Performance
Elenco autori:
F. Boni
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