Living Memory

The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town

Jillian R. Cavanaugh (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

270 Seiten

2012
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-118-27743-0 (ISBN)

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Living Memory investigates the complex question of language and its place at the heart of Bergamasco culture in northern Italy.
• Integrates extensive participant observation with sociolinguistic data collection
• Reveals the political and social dynamics of a national language (Italian) and a local dialect (Bergamasco) struggling for survival
• Introduces the original concept of the “social aesthetics of language”: the interweaving of culturally-shaped and emotionally felt dimensions of language-choice
• Written to be accessible to students and specialists alike
• Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series

Jillian R. Cavanaugh is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College CUNY. She has published in a range of journals, including Language and Communication, Ethnos, and the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.

Series Editor’s Preface vi Preface viii

Constructing Transcripts: Orthographic Conventions and Transcription Processes xiii

1. Introduction 1

2. Bergamasco in Use: The Feel of Everyday Speaking 27

3. Gendering Language 64

4. Bergamasco on Stage: Poetry and Theater 83

5. Modern Campanilismo: The Value of Place 120

6. Bergamo, Italy, Europe: Speaking Contextualized 156

7. Conclusion 189

Notes 206

References 216

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.8.2012
Reihe/Serie	Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 231 mm
Gewicht	345 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-118-27743-0 / 1118277430
ISBN-13	978-1-118-27743-0 / 9781118277430
Zustand	Neuware