Search results for "rites of passage"
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Atteone in contesto. Il mito, l'acqua e riti di transizione femminili nella Sicilia greca
2020
The study considers some representations of the myth of Actaeon in Sicily, that draw a clear geography of the mythic theme in the island, in close connection with water and female transition rites. In particular, it focuses on some louteria from Selinus and Agrigento (from the Sanctuary of chthonic deities), that report this subject, and a lekanis rim from Himera, coming from a supposed sacred area within the residential area, where rites of passage were performed. The only other evidence of the theme in the island consists in a fragment of Attic krater from a Geloan tomb, apart from the well known metope of Selinus. The recontextualization of the evidence allows us to understand better the…
Prefazione al volume Corpi e identità : Donne dal Subcontinente indiano all’Italia di K. Carnà e S. Rossetti
2021
The preface to the book 'Bodies and Identities' highlights some of the themes addressed by the authors - K. Carnà and S. Rossetti. Carnà and S. Rossetti. Ignazia Bartholini highlights how the theme of body care and facial embellishments is declined in different practices oriented by the culture of origin of the women interviewed. Bangladeshi women, Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan women who let us in on some of their secrets of beauty" but, above all, they allow us to share stories to share stories closely linked to rites of passage in which care and beauty are not just ends in themselves, but constitute forms of entry into the native culture.
Travestirsi per Dioniso
2020
Starting from the definition of “performativity” and “gender parody” developed by Judith Butler, this paper aims to investigate the performative functions of male cross-dressing within the dynamics of social categorization in classical Athens. For this purpose I have adopted an eclectic hermeneutic toolbox, borrowing elements from Harvey Sacks’ Membership Categorization Analysis to René Girard’s scapegoat theory. Through the philological analysis of some literary representations of transvestism, such as Pentheus’ cross-dressing in Euripides’ "Bacchae", and the anthropological interpretation of the mythical-ritual complex relating to the effeminacy of Dionysus, my work focuses on the polyval…
L'oralità dell'immagine. Etnografia visiva nelle comunità rurali siciliane
2018
L’opposizione ipotizzata fra tradizioni orali e scritte, che prevale in antropologia, è ingannevole: in primis perché tende ad annullare l’orale nel contrario dello scritto, e non ne comprende il modo di funzionare specifico; in secondo luogo perché non contempla la possibilità che, tra gli estremi dell’orale puro e dello scritto puro, esistano molte situazioni intermedie. Paradossalmente oggi, nella nostra società così impregnata di immagini, l’oralità è ritornata ad assumere un ruolo centrale proprio per la produzione e la comprensione del codice visivo. Questa «oralità dell’immagine» è connaturata nei nostri comportamenti quotidiani e per questo motivo risulta difficile individuarla e an…
I ricordi figurati: «foto di famiglia» in Sicilia
2006
Today we are witnessing the increasingly insistent formation of visual stereotypes. The continuous repetition of these modules, used in similar situations, makes it easier to interpret them, so much so that they can now be considered elements of a common language: a figurative language to be investigated in the context of the anthropology of visual communication. The Sicilian family photos collected in this essay belong to this category of cultural products and allow us to reflect on the different articulations of cultural phenomena.
THE ARCHETYPE OF PARADISE: DYING IN HOLIDAYS DOES NOT SOUND COOL
2014
Holidays play a vital role in the configuration of our life. Our most profound expectances are posed to this magic moment. However, under some contexts, what starts as a dream ends in a nightmare. It is unfortunate this is the case of victims of Villa Gesell’s tragedy, resulted when a ray impacted directly to a beach. Nobody is immune of tragedy, even at holidays. This essay review explores not only the anthropological roots of risk and paradise, but also the journalist discourse to cover the event. Far from the general opinion, disasters affect tourism, we strongly believe it strengths its attractiveness.
Jaunie misionāri Latvijā. Antropoloģisks pētījums par mormoņu sievietēm misionārēm
2020
Došanās misijā, lai kalpotu Dievam, ir sākotnējā mormoņu dzīves sastāvdaļa. Misionāri piedzīvo kaut ko ārkārtēju un dziļu ārpus savas komforta zonas, prom no dzimtenes un pilnīgi jaunā kultūras un sociālā kontekstā. Apmaiņā viņi piedzīvo garīgo attīstību, kā arī personisko attīstību. Misionāriem dalību misijā ar visām tās īpašībām var uzskatīt par notikumu pieauguša cilvēka procesā. Misijas laikā tiek ietekmēti dažādi pieaugušā vecuma aspekti. Šajā promocijas darbā esmu pētījusi mormoņu misionāru dzīvi Latvijā, lai pārbaudītu misijas ietekmi uz viņu kā indivīdu, kā arī mormoņu ticīgo dzīvi.
The posthumous condition of gossip: Death and its reputational benediction
2017
Gossiping is ubiquitous in social life. In every imaginable corner of society, people from all walks of life are gossiping their living acquaintances. But what happens when the “third party,” i.e., the subject of gossip, is absent par excellence, not only temporarily and spatially, but definitively? Do people continue to gossip their dead acquaintances? What is the fate of gossip after its target dies? These are the questions this paper sets out to address. In doing so, it develops a non-reductionist sequential model of death as a social process in which biological death is only the starting point of the bio-social phenomenon of dying. Building on some classic anthropological theories and c…
Rikoksista tuomitut naiset : yhteisöstä erottaminen ja takaisinliittymisen mahdollisuudet
2019
Tutkimus käsittelee yhteisöstä erottamisen ja siihen takaisinliittymisen mahdollisuuksia rikostaustaisten naisten elämässä. Tutkimuksen kohteena ovat rikostaustaisten naisten kertomukset elämänkulustaan. Tutkimuksessa analysoidaan naisten kertomuksia siirtymäriittiteorian eli yhteisöstä erottamisen, liminaalin ja takaisinliittämisen näkökulmasta. Aineisto on kerätty haastattelemalla 18 naista, jotka haastatteluhetkellä olivat joko suorittamassa vankeusrangaistustaan, ehdonalaisen vapauden valvonnassa tai rangaistuksensa suorittaneet. Aineiston analyysissa on käytetty narratiivista lähestymistapaa sekä Greimasin aktanttimallia. Aineiston analyysissa esiin nousevia keskeisiä teemoja ovat päih…
"Antavat anteeksi ovenvieret" : Matjoi Plattosen kuolinriittikuvaukset siirtymäriittiteorian valossa
2019
Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan suistamolaiselta itkijältä Matjoi Plattoselta vuosina 1908−1920 tallennettuja kuolinrituaalien kuvauksia ja niihin liittyviä itkuvirsiä siirtymäriittiteorian avulla. Tutkimuksen aineiston Plattosen kanssa ovat tuottaneet Matti Kaisla, U. T. Sirelius ja A. O. Väisänen. Tutkimuksessa kiinnitetään huomiota erityisesti rituaalisen itkemisen merkitykseen kuolinrituaalien osana. Yksilön tai ryhmän sosiaalisen kategorisen muutoksen yleismaailmallisesti kolmeen vaiheeseen jakavan siirtymäriittiteorian kehitti etnologi Arnold van Gennep (1873−1957). Hän väitti, että rituaaliset seremoniat, jotka liittyvät ihmiselämän tärkeimpiin muutoksiin, eroavat toisistaan eri ku…