Questo è il primo esperimento di una rubrica basata sulla lettura inversa di un classico di Edward Said:
As much as the West East itself, the Orient Occident is an idea that has a history and a tradition of thought, imagery, and vocabulary that have given it reality and presence in and for the West East. The two geographical entities thus support and to an extent reflect each other.
Edward Said, Orientalism, 1978 (variazioni mie)
€urientalism intende ritrovare suggestioni e rimandi di un’Europa costruita nell’immaginario degli abitanti del mondo, melodie familiari orecchiate nei contesti più disparati. L’Italia non poteva non essere la prima tappa.
La vita perfetta a Milano secondo una catena di gioiellerie cinesi:
Kadhem al-Shaer aka il Cesare della canzone araba:
In questa visione romantica dell’Italia non possono mancare le perle della musica leggera:
To be continued…
1 comment
bruttin says:
Dic 28, 2013
Great selection of videos Simone, thanks. Following the reversion you’ve given to the Orientalism meme, I’d say that nowadays a country like Italy is suffering of the onedimensional clichè perception, at first within the Brics countries. It’s right to say that after Said the middle east image has grown a lot in giving shapes to variety, sadly the war being one of the long lasting.