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Silvio Carta NSEC NEW STUDIES IN EUROPEAN CINEMA S i lv VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY i o C a IN SARDINIA r t a Visual Anthropology in Sardinia explores the technique, style and methodology of V i s documentary films about Sardinia, investigating how such films construct differ u a ent experiences and identities, and reflecting on the advantages of the medium of l A documentary film over written ethnographic texts. n t h r Following a discussion of theoretical developments in the area of visual anthropo o p logy in the twentieth century, the author turns to case studies of documentary o l filmmaking related to Sardinia from the fascist era onwards, offering a survey of o g the particular and somewhat peculiar filmic ethnographic discourse established y i in relation to Sardinia, which has been constructed to a large extent as an ‘Other’ n S to peninsular Italy. The subject is a complex one, ranging across the fields of film a r studies, anthropology, literary and cultural studies and, to some extent, philosophy. d i The book enriches scholarship not only on the cultural construction of Sardinia in n i a the popular, political and intellectual imaginary and in its relation to Italy, but also on visual epistemologies and the ethics and practice of ethnographic filmmaking. SILVIO CARTA completed his PhD in Italian Studies at the University of Birmingham. His articles and reviews have appeared in Visual Anthropology, Visual Anthropology Review, Visual Studies, Visual Ethnography, Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Political Communication and Studies in Documentary Film. PETER LANG www.peterlang.com Silvio Carta NSEC NEW STUDIES IN EUROPEAN CINEMA S i lv VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY i o C a IN SARDINIA r t a Visual Anthropology in Sardinia explores the technique, style and methodology of V i s documentary films about Sardinia, investigating how such films construct differ u a ent experiences and identities, and reflecting on the advantages of the medium of l A documentary film over written ethnographic texts. n t h r Following a discussion of theoretical developments in the area of visual anthropo o p logy in the twentieth century, the author turns to case studies of documentary o l filmmaking related to Sardinia from the fascist era onwards, offering a survey of o g the particular and somewhat peculiar filmic ethnographic discourse established y i in relation to Sardinia, which has been constructed to a large extent as an ‘Other’ n S to peninsular Italy. The subject is a complex one, ranging across the fields of film a r studies, anthropology, literary and cultural studies and, to some extent, philosophy. d i The book enriches scholarship not only on the cultural construction of Sardinia in n i a the popular, political and intellectual imaginary and in its relation to Italy, but also on visual epistemologies and the ethics and practice of ethnographic filmmaking. SILVIO CARTA completed his PhD in Italian Studies at the University of Birmingham. His articles and reviews have appeared in Visual Anthropology, Visual Anthropology Review, Visual Studies, Visual Ethnography, Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Political Communication and Studies in Documentary Film. PETER LANG www.peterlang.com VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN SARDINIA NEW STUDIES IN EUROPEAN CINEMA VOL. 19 EDITED BY WENDY EVERETT & AXEL GOODBODY Peter Lang Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien Silvio Carta VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN SARDINIA Peter Lang Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbiblio grafie; detailed bibliographic data is available on the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Carta, Silvio, 1981- Visual anthropology in Sardinia / Silvio Carta. pages cm. -- (New studies in European cinema ; 19) Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmographies. ISBN 978-3-0343-0998-1 (alk. paper) 1. Visual anthropology--Sardinia. 2. Motion pictures in ethnology--Sardinia. 3. Ethnographic films--Sardinia. 4. Documentary films--Sardinia--History and criti- cism. I. Title. GN347.C37 2014 301.0945’9--dc23 2013027766 Cover image: Sardinian folk costumes (Quartu Sant’Elena). Credit: Silvio Carta. ISSN 1661-0261 ISBN 978-3-0343-0998-1 (print) ISBN 978-3-0353-0677-4 (eBook) © Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers, Bern 2015 Hochfeldstrasse 32, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland [email protected], www.peterlang.com, www.peterlang.net All rights reserved. All parts of this publication are protected by copyright. Any utilisation outside the strict limits of the copyright law, without the permission of the publisher, is forbidden and liable to prosecution. This applies in particular to reproductions, translations, microfilming, and storage and processing in electronic retrieval systems. This publication has been peer reviewed. Printed in Germany A Laurita Contents List of Figures ix Acknowledgements xiii Chapter 1 Documentary Film and Observational Cinema in Sardinia 1 Chapter 2 Representation of Culture through Ethnographic Film 33 Chapter 3 Illustrative Documentaries: A Dominant Way of Seeing 51 Chapter 4 Banditi a Orgosolo: An Anthropological Film 99 Chapter 5 Tempus de Baristas: Transcultural Cinema 127 Conclusion 173 Filmography 177 Bibliography 183 Index 201
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