Le maschere della paura

Melotti, Marxiano

doi:10.4000/qds.1583

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“…Such contradictions resulted in a system of "many Carnivals". Across the Atlantic, in the same period, similar processes took place in Europe's urban conglomerates [23] (pp. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

Section: Mythical Rootsmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…However, such a type of "dança, chacota ou invenção" did not coincide with Carnival [14] (pp. [35][36][37].…”

Section: Mythical Rootsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hence, the resulting practice is heterogonous rather than heterogeneous: at once, both 'adopted' and 'born of the same flesh'. As such, Terceira's Carnival is better understood as a lively and continuously changing phenomenon than as the remnant of a distant past [35] (pp. 149-163).…”

Section: Originality At the Expense Of Historical Continuitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The postmodern character of many contemporary Carnivals has been discussed by Melotti [23] (pp. 20-21).…”

Section: Today's Carnival In Terceira 61 Singularitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cultural heritage is currently understood as a postmodern construct [38] (p. 140), which contributes to highlighting a series of features [23]. One of them is integration, which Smith refers to as cultural landscape, but could be extended to the immaterial setting as well [39] (p. 191).…”

Section: Mythopoesis: the Local 'Heroes' Of Terceira's Carnivalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Unknown Carnival of Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal): Community, Heritage, and Identity on Stage

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Terceira Island hosts a Carnival that enjoys unique features in the landscape of European folklore. It involves a major share of the resident population, it takes place on stages scattered all over the island, and it involves a blend of dancing, music, and acting. This paper presents the preliminary results of a collaborative project between native and foreign scholars, with the activist goal of providing Terceira’s Carnival with visibility in order to ensure its preservation. Documentary evidence and fieldwork activities undertaken in 2020 provide grounds to interpret Terceira’s Carnival as a multi-modal endeavour that nurtures social cohesion through mythopoesis, subversion of hegemonic roles, and the distribution of leadership to folk elites. As such, we argue that Terceira’s Carnival does not fit traditional scholarly views on European Carnivals. Additionally, we show that, thanks to its ability to trigger identity-making processes, this Carnival is a case for cultural sustainability: in fact, it ensures the preservation of communal bonds in face of changing global and regional social landscapes.

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