Books by Mauro Sassi
Narrazioni televisive della storia italiana negli anni della seconda Repubblica a cura Abstract T... more Narrazioni televisive della storia italiana negli anni della seconda Repubblica a cura Abstract The goal of this research is to identify and conceptualize the way historical reality is represented in two emblematic Italian miniserie by employing a neo-Durkheimian theoretical framework, which allows to verify the plausibility of a causal link between the series' contexts of production and styles of representation. The two miniserie are: Il generale Dalla Chiesa , the biography of an army general who played an important role in the fight against terrorism and organized crime, produced and broadcast by Mediaset, and Perlasca: Un eroe italiano , about the heroic deeds of an Italian citizen in Budapest at the end of the Second World War, aired on Rai Uno. After a brief explanation of the theoretical framework, the representational styles of the two series are analysed, identifying hierarchical and individualistic traits in both of them. The second part is dedicated to the contexts of production and to the verification of the parallels between styles and contexts. As a provisional conclusion, the essay suggests that a similarity of production modes may be at the origin of the comparable representations of history in both public and private Italian broadcasters. Sommario 1. Introduzione -2. Il paradigma teorico. -3. Stili di rappresentazione. -4. Contesti di produzione. -5. Conclusione Keywords Miniserie. Dalla Chiesa. Perlasca. Neo-Durkheimiano. 84 Sassi. La rappresentazione della storia Televisionismo, pp. 83-94
Papers by Mauro Sassi
In this article, I identify and conceptualize the way historical reality is represented in two em... more In this article, I identify and conceptualize the way historical reality is represented in two emblematic Italian miniserie by employing a neo-Durkheimian theoretical framework, which allows me to verify the plausibility of a causal link between the series' contexts of production and styles of representation. The two miniseries are: Il generale dalla Chiesa , the biography of an army general who played an important role in the fight against terrorism and organized crime, produced and broadcast by Mediaset, and Perlasca: un eroe italiano , about the heroic deeds of an Italian citizen in Budapest at the end of the Second World War, aired on RAI Uno. After a brief explanation of the theoretical framework, I analyse the representational styles of the two series, identifying hierarchical and individualistic traits in both of them. The second part of the article is dedicated to the contexts of production and to the verification of the parallels between styles and contexts. As a provisional conclusion, I suggest that a similarity of production modes may be at the origin of the comparable representations of history in both public and private Italian broadcasters.
Francesca Comencini's documentary Carlo Giuliani, ragazzo deals with one of the darkest pages in ... more Francesca Comencini's documentary Carlo Giuliani, ragazzo deals with one of the darkest pages in recent Italian history. Between July 19 and 22, 2001, during a G8 meeting in Genoa, clashes between protesters and police escalated to a degree that had been unknown in Italy and Europe for sixty years. Two hundred and fifty people were arrested. One thousand and two hundred were injured. One protester, Carlo Giuliani, was shot dead. Politics required that Carlo Giuliani's death was recorded as an accident involving a dangerous extremist; if a different story emerged it is because of the incessant activity of his family and the commitment of many activists, but undoubtedly because of this documentary as well. In this article, I analyse the efficacy of Comencini's documentary in terms of what Antonio Gramsci called a 'war of position,' which I value as a fundamental category to assess the importance of contemporary cultural interventions in the complex scenario of Western democracies.
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