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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Moors and Christians in the Sicilian figurative and performance tradition
Gabriella D'agostinosubject
Moors/Christianfigurative cultureSettore M-DEA/01 - Discipline DemoetnoantropologicheSicilyperformancedescription
Among the different forms of the East/West dichotomy, one is recursive in the Sicilian figurative and performative tradition: the opposition between Moors and Christians. From ex-voto paintings to some traditional festivals and, above all, puppet theatre, this dichotomy grounds a cosmology, a reference system to convey an order to the world. This essay presents some examples.
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2021-01-01 |