The creation of value

Terra matta in anthropological perspective

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ID12549134
AutoresDavid A Mo (0000-0003-0795-8687), David Moss (Australian National University, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume19
Fascículo3
Páginas317-334
Data de publicação2014-05-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Modern Italian Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1354-571X • E-ISSN: 1469-9583
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1354571x.2014.897444
OpenAlexW2046912224
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas12

Comparison is a basic strategy in anthropology for analysing social and cultural organisation and for revealing similarities and differences by unexpected juxtapositions. Here I use it in two ways. First, by treating Terra matta as a cultural valuable, I explore how its value, history and mythology are created in the course of its passage through different hands, taking the classic ethnography of the kula as a model. Second, I compare Vincenzo Rabito's original typescript with surviving fragments of his other writings to suggest that Terra matta is an even more remarkable creation than we have hitherto taken it to be

Art · Art history · Ethnography · Literature · Mythology · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · TypeScript · Value (mathematics · Visual arts · Anthropology · Computer Science · Diverse academic and cultural studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Italian Social Issues and Migration

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