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The Ghostly Body of the Future. Nostalgic Objects and Modernization From Post-Unification to Post-War Reconstruction
The Ghostly Body of the Future. Nostalgic Objects and Modernization From Post-Unification ...
The Ghostly Body of the Future. Nostalgic Objects and Modernization From Post-Unification to Post-War Reconstruction

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202105654
ISBN  
9798265453068
DDC  
809
저자명  
Ferrari, Francesco.
서명/저자  
The Ghostly Body of the Future. Nostalgic Objects and Modernization From Post-Unification to Post-War Reconstruction
발행사항  
[Sl] : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
형태사항  
132 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-06, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Rota, Emanuel.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024.
초록/해제  
요약Nostalgia, despite being a construction of modernity, and despite its ubiquitous presence in the modern and postmodern world, garners many prejudices and perceptions of suspicion. The starting point of my research is precisely a prejudice, or should I say two prejudices. The first is that Italian culture is inescapably nostalgic; the second is that nostalgia is anti-modern and conservative by definition. Hence, to say that Italian culture is a nostalgic is synonymous with saying it is anti-modern and conservative. Such an inveterate cliche endures despite a myriad of examples that prove how throughout the century Italy has, conversely, given a tremendous contribution in shaping modernity, although maintaining a strong connection with its past. Opera is, in that sense, a paradigmatic example: the result of a nostalgic operation that combines and re-elaborates ancient elements of the past - in this specific case certain performative aspects of the Greek theater - to create a new form of art.Nostalgia, the way I frame it in my dissertation, defines precisely a strategy that creates something anew by reprising and reutilizing elements from the past. My assumption then is that nostalgia can be a creative force, something that draws from the past, from its symbolic and material remains to envision futurity. In doing so I aim to challenge the abovementioned prejudices about Italy, by arguing that in fact, Italian culture far from being a "pastist" country, as the futurist would have it, has produced a divergent conception of modernity.It is fair to say though, that manifestations of modernity are accompanied by manifestations of nostalgia, and that progress is at times hailed with skepticism, as I will highlight in my introduction. But it is also true, as the current intellectual debate shows, that the preoccupation for preserving the past is consubstantial to the preoccupation for modernization of the present. Especially in a country like Italy where the presence of the past is ubiquitous, the question that recurs in the public discourse, and that also lies at the core of my research is, what to do of all this past and its remains? How to make it an active part in the construction of modernity?Here is where nostalgia as a productive and even innovative force comes into play. In order to articulate this idea, I draw from voluminous literature about how nostalgia has flourished in the last twenty years. In particular, anthropology is a discipline that more than others rethinks nostalgia by focusing on the anti-pastist and anti-conservative manifestations of this sentiment.Similarly, the field of literary theory - I will mention Svetlana Boym's seminal book The Future of Nostalgia among the others - presents nostalgia as a sentiment that can spark future oriented practices rather than a mythologization of the past that serves restorative politics. In other words, nostalgia lies on a spectrum spanning the breadth of conservativism to modernity. A crucial argument of my thesis is that nostalgia, in this acceptance, configures as a mechanism that makes up for the incompleteness of modernizing processes and pursues a future that has never fully realized. This is particularly important for the Italian context where modernity is often perceived as an incomplete project. The rhetoric of incompleteness surrounds especially two watershed moments in Italian contemporary history, two moments full of revolutionary but unkept promises which for these reasons mark the confines of my research.The first is the unification of Italy, also known as Risorgimento, that inaugurates a new, and truly modern phase for the country which for the first time in its troubled history finds itself in the institutionally cohesive form of an independent nation governed by a democratic system. However, the unreconciled differences between north and south, the state of backwardness and disadvantage of the latter which still persists today, have contributed to seeing the Risorgimento as an unfulfilled, if not failed, endeavor.The other great turning point in Italian modernity is the reconstruction following WWII when Italy experiences an unprecedented economic flourishing that goes down in history as the "economic miracle." An inequitable miracle though, because once again, the South does not benefit of the fruits of this newfound prosperity.The first chapter engages with the hermeneutical prejudices that weigh on nostalgia as an analytic category and proposes an alternative vision. I define nostalgia as optative, mimetic and future-oriented focusing on futurist, modernist and postmodern discourse. My analysis, in particular, lingers on futurist Aeropainting, Carlo Levi's description of the South during fascist and post-fascist era, and urban spaces, with a focus on the unfinished buildings that represent a peculiarity of Italian landscape.In the second chapter, I analyze the construction of a national identity by looking at Cesare Lombroso's account In Calabria (1862) where we can see a paradoxical combination of romanticism, Hellenism, and positivism. The Hellenic past is reprised as a rhetorical device for accomplishing the project of Risorgimento by retrieving the "remnants of the past," namely Greeks and Albanians settled in the region, against the recent experience of the Bourbon domination. Such rediscovery and salvage of these two ethnic minorities demonstrates that in the positivist culture the nostalgic element is not necessarily rejected but, on the contrary, it is re-integrated in the nationalist project. However, the nostalgic discourse that leads to the rhetoric of re-use serves also as an objectifying and racializing factor of southern peoples.The third chapter focuses on an Italian-American novel, Umbertina (1979) by Helen Barolini, where the female protagonist is forced to sell her precious bedspread in order to overcome the financial difficulties faced after arriving in America. This trading, and the nostalgia for the lost object, turns into a driving force that leads the woman to create what I call a "diasporic domesticity." By this expression, I mean that the experience of migration, and the subsequent uprooting, is highly impactful and radically transforms the domestic space and traditions that it is supposed to preserve, but also reconfigures the role and the agency of the subjects, in this case specifically, a migrant woman.In the last chapter I offer a reading of two of major works of 20st Century Italian literature: Il Gattopardo (1958) by Tommasi di Lampedusa and L'Airone (1970) by Giorgio Bassani. Il Gattopardo depicts the passage from the Southern rural aristocracy to the new social order imposed by the Unification, while L'Airone focuses on the interstitial moment between the fall of the fascist regime and the boom economico. In both works, nostalgia is redefined as a yearning for an end, where "end" must be intended as the accomplishment of an historical telos, which however remains substantially estranged to the Italian tradition.
일반주제명  
Modern literature
일반주제명  
World history
일반주제명  
American literature
키워드  
Nostalgia
키워드  
Objects
키워드  
Affect theory
키워드  
Modernization
키워드  
Economic miracle
기타저자  
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign French and Italian
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-06A.
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■520    ▼aNostalgia,  despite  being  a  construction  of  modernity,  and  despite  its  ubiquitous  presence  in  the  modern  and  postmodern  world,  garners  many  prejudices  and  perceptions  of  suspicion.  The  starting  point  of  my  research  is  precisely  a  prejudice,  or  should  I  say  two  prejudices.  The  first  is  that  Italian  culture  is  inescapably  nostalgic;  the  second  is  that  nostalgia  is  anti-modern  and  conservative  by  definition.  Hence,  to  say  that  Italian  culture  is  a  nostalgic  is  synonymous  with  saying  it  is  anti-modern  and  conservative.  Such  an  inveterate  cliche  endures  despite  a  myriad  of  examples  that  prove  how  throughout  the  century  Italy  has,  conversely,  given  a  tremendous  contribution  in  shaping  modernity,  although  maintaining  a  strong  connection  with  its  past.  Opera  is,  in  that  sense,  a  paradigmatic  example:  the  result  of  a  nostalgic  operation  that  combines  and  re-elaborates  ancient  elements  of  the  past  -  in  this  specific  case  certain  performative  aspects  of  the  Greek  theater  -  to  create  a  new  form  of  art.Nostalgia,  the  way  I  frame  it  in  my  dissertation,  defines  precisely  a  strategy  that  creates  something  anew  by  reprising  and  reutilizing  elements  from  the  past.  My  assumption  then  is  that  nostalgia  can  be  a  creative  force,  something  that  draws  from  the  past,  from  its  symbolic  and  material  remains  to  envision  futurity.  In  doing  so  I  aim  to  challenge  the  abovementioned  prejudices  about  Italy,  by  arguing  that  in  fact,  Italian  culture  far  from  being  a  "pastist"  country,  as  the  futurist  would  have  it,  has  produced  a  divergent  conception  of  modernity.It  is  fair  to  say  though,  that  manifestations  of  modernity  are  accompanied  by  manifestations  of  nostalgia,  and  that  progress  is  at  times  hailed  with  skepticism,  as  I  will  highlight  in  my  introduction.  But  it  is  also  true,  as  the  current  intellectual  debate  shows,  that  the  preoccupation  for  preserving  the  past  is  consubstantial  to  the  preoccupation  for  modernization  of  the  present.  Especially  in  a  country  like  Italy  where  the  presence  of  the  past  is  ubiquitous,  the  question  that  recurs  in  the  public  discourse,  and  that  also  lies  at  the  core  of  my  research  is,  what  to  do  of  all  this  past  and  its  remains?  How  to  make  it  an  active  part  in  the  construction  of  modernity?Here  is  where  nostalgia  as  a  productive  and  even  innovative  force  comes  into  play.  In  order  to  articulate  this  idea,  I  draw  from  voluminous  literature  about  how  nostalgia  has  flourished  in  the  last  twenty  years.  In  particular,  anthropology  is  a  discipline  that  more  than  others  rethinks  nostalgia  by  focusing  on  the  anti-pastist  and  anti-conservative  manifestations  of  this  sentiment.Similarly,  the  field  of  literary  theory  -  I  will  mention  Svetlana  Boym's  seminal  book  The  Future  of  Nostalgia  among  the  others  -  presents  nostalgia  as  a  sentiment  that  can  spark  future  oriented  practices  rather  than  a  mythologization  of  the  past  that  serves  restorative  politics.  In  other  words,  nostalgia  lies  on  a  spectrum  spanning  the  breadth  of  conservativism  to  modernity.  A  crucial  argument  of  my  thesis  is  that  nostalgia,  in  this  acceptance,  configures  as  a  mechanism  that  makes  up  for  the  incompleteness  of  modernizing  processes  and  pursues  a  future  that  has  never  fully  realized.  This  is  particularly  important  for  the  Italian  context  where  modernity  is  often  perceived  as  an  incomplete  project.  The  rhetoric  of  incompleteness  surrounds  especially  two  watershed  moments  in  Italian  contemporary  history,  two  moments  full  of  revolutionary  but  unkept  promises  which  for  these  reasons  mark  the  confines  of  my  research.The  first  is  the  unification  of  Italy,  also  known  as  Risorgimento,  that  inaugurates  a  new,  and  truly  modern  phase  for  the  country  which  for  the  first  time  in  its  troubled  history  finds  itself  in  the  institutionally  cohesive  form  of  an  independent  nation  governed  by  a  democratic  system.  However,  the  unreconciled  differences  between  north  and  south,  the  state  of  backwardness  and  disadvantage  of  the  latter  which  still  persists  today,  have  contributed  to  seeing  the  Risorgimento  as  an  unfulfilled,  if  not  failed,  endeavor.The  other  great  turning  point  in  Italian  modernity  is  the  reconstruction  following  WWII  when  Italy  experiences  an  unprecedented  economic  flourishing  that  goes  down  in  history  as  the  "economic  miracle."  An  inequitable  miracle  though,  because  once  again,  the  South  does  not  benefit  of  the  fruits  of  this  newfound  prosperity.The  first  chapter  engages  with  the  hermeneutical  prejudices  that  weigh  on  nostalgia  as  an  analytic  category  and  proposes  an  alternative  vision.  I  define  nostalgia  as  optative,  mimetic  and  future-oriented  focusing  on  futurist,  modernist  and  postmodern  discourse.  My  analysis,  in  particular,  lingers  on  futurist  Aeropainting,  Carlo  Levi's  description  of  the  South  during  fascist  and  post-fascist  era,  and  urban  spaces,  with  a  focus  on  the  unfinished  buildings  that  represent  a  peculiarity  of  Italian  landscape.In  the  second  chapter,  I  analyze  the  construction  of  a  national  identity  by  looking  at  Cesare  Lombroso's  account  In  Calabria  (1862)  where  we  can  see  a  paradoxical  combination  of  romanticism,  Hellenism,  and  positivism.  The  Hellenic  past  is  reprised  as  a  rhetorical  device  for  accomplishing  the  project  of  Risorgimento  by  retrieving  the  "remnants  of  the  past,"  namely  Greeks  and  Albanians  settled  in  the  region,  against  the  recent  experience  of  the  Bourbon  domination.  Such  rediscovery  and  salvage  of  these  two  ethnic  minorities  demonstrates  that  in  the  positivist  culture  the  nostalgic  element  is  not  necessarily  rejected  but,  on  the  contrary,  it  is  re-integrated  in  the  nationalist  project.  However,  the  nostalgic  discourse  that  leads  to  the  rhetoric  of  re-use  serves  also  as  an  objectifying  and  racializing  factor  of  southern  peoples.The  third  chapter  focuses  on  an  Italian-American  novel,  Umbertina  (1979)  by  Helen  Barolini,  where  the  female  protagonist  is  forced  to  sell  her  precious  bedspread  in  order  to  overcome  the  financial  difficulties  faced  after  arriving  in  America.  This  trading,  and  the  nostalgia  for  the  lost  object,  turns  into  a  driving  force  that  leads  the  woman  to  create  what  I  call  a  "diasporic  domesticity."  By  this  expression,  I  mean  that  the  experience  of  migration,  and  the  subsequent  uprooting,  is  highly  impactful  and  radically  transforms  the  domestic  space  and  traditions  that  it  is  supposed  to  preserve,  but  also  reconfigures  the  role  and  the  agency  of  the  subjects,  in  this  case  specifically,  a  migrant  woman.In  the  last  chapter  I  offer  a  reading  of  two  of  major  works  of  20st  Century  Italian  literature:  Il  Gattopardo  (1958)  by  Tommasi  di  Lampedusa  and  L'Airone  (1970)  by  Giorgio  Bassani.  Il  Gattopardo  depicts  the  passage  from  the  Southern  rural  aristocracy  to  the  new  social  order  imposed  by  the  Unification,  while  L'Airone  focuses  on  the  interstitial  moment  between  the  fall  of  the  fascist  regime  and  the  boom  economico.  In  both  works,  nostalgia  is  redefined  as  a  yearning  for  an  end,  where  "end"  must  be  intended  as  the  accomplishment  of  an  historical  telos,  which  however  remains  substantially  estranged  to  the  Italian  tradition.
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