Living Memory The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture 1st Edition by Jillian Cavanaugh 9781405168823 140516882X

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ISBN 10: 140516882X

ISBN 13: 9781405168823

Author: Jillian R. Cavanaugh

Living Memory investigates the complex question of language and its place at the heart of Bergamasco culture in northern Italy.

• Integrates extensive participant observation with sociolinguistic data collection
• Reveals the political and social dynamics of a national language (Italian) and a local dialect (Bergamasco) struggling for survival
• Introduces the original concept of the “social aesthetics of language”: the interweaving of culturally-shaped and emotionally felt dimensions of language-choice
• Written to be accessible to students and specialists alike

Table of contents:

1. Introduction 

2. Bergamasco in Use: The Feel of Everyday Speaking 

3. Gendering Language 

4. Bergamasco on Stage: Poetry and Theater 

5. Modern Campanilismo: The Value of Place 

6. Bergamo, Italy, Europe: Speaking Contextualized 

7. Conclusion 

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