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Naples and the Nation: Image, Media and Culture in the Second Republic

那不勒斯和国家：第二共和国的形象、媒体和文化

基本信息

批准号：
AH/R014876/1
负责人：
Ruth Glynn
金额：
$ 24.27万
依托单位：
University of Bristol
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FR014876%2F1
关键词：
Naples Nation Image Media Culture

项目摘要

This project explores contemporary cultural representations of Naples, a city often marginalised in discussion of Italian 'national' culture but central to state-of-the-nation discourses. It interrogates how cultural products addressing Naples represent the city and its relationship with Italy, and asks what the view from Naples reveals about the nation-state, its workings and its discourses. It further explores the wider implications of the shifting balance of power between cities and nation-states in recent decades, in light of weakening state power and the growing freedom of cities to build, brand and promote themselves independent of the nation-state (Clark and Moonen, 2016).The introduction of direct mayoral election in Italy coincided with the reformulation of the state as the 'Second Republic' to create a 'Republic of Cities' (Bassolino, 1996). The prominence of Naples in this period makes it a privileged site for the study of the contemporary relationship between city and nation. Hailed as a beacon of urban citizenship and good governance during the 'Neapolitan Renaissance' (c.1993-2001), the city subsequently descended into extreme dysfunction, as organised crime wars and an urban waste crisis made headlines worldwide. The radical oscillation in the city's fortunes spawned an extraordinarily rich corpus of cultural production. While individual examples - Elena Ferrante's 'Neapolitan Novels' (2011-14), Roberto Saviano's Gomorra (2006) and its screen adaptations (2009; 2014; 2016; 2017) - have enjoyed enormous success and detailed critical analysis, the wider field of media and cultural representations remains largely unexplored. My research maps that wider field and highlights the role played by cultural production in shaping understandings of the relationship between Naples and the Italian nation-state. It interrogates how national identities and discourses play out in the context of Naples - how they are negotiated, refracted, challenged or made concrete in the microcosmic context of the city and its representation. I counter a tendency in existing criticism to reinforce conventional perceptions of Naples as an exceptional urban and cultural reality, unrelated to or deviating from a national norm. I highlight instead how cultural products attest to continuities between Naples and the Italian nation-state and critique national discourse and practice. In uniting analysis of cultural products and news media constructions of the city, my book will furnish a more comprehensive account of cultural engagement with Naples than has been offered to date; it will also deliver a model for an integrated cultural studies approach to the study of city and nation in other contexts.The project is underpinned by a multidisciplinary cultural studies approach. It unites close analysis of texts (news reports, literary works, film and TV series) with exploration of the wider history of cultural discourses pertaining to Naples and its relationship with Italy. It is underpinned by postcolonial theory as applied to the Italian south (Cassano 1996; 2010; Chambers 2007); it provincializes the 'northern view' of the city and repositions it at the centre of discussion about the nation-state and its effects. It thus exemplifies the relevance of applying postcolonial critique to appropriate Western contexts.The fellowship will enhance my standing as a leader in modern Italian cultural studies. It will allow me to lead and manage an important and timely study that will reframe our understanding of Naples, its cultural representation and its relationship with Italy. It will enable me, through the organisation of an international conference and the creation of a scholarly network, to effect a wider reconceptualisation of the contemporary relationship between city and nation. I will engage with interested publics throughout and collaborate with teachers of Italian to produce teaching materials for the new A-Level syllabus.

这个项目探索了那不勒斯的当代文化表现，这座城市在讨论意大利“民族”文化时经常被边缘化，但却是国家话语的中心。它询问了面向那不勒斯的文化产品如何代表这座城市及其与意大利的关系，并询问那不勒斯的观点揭示了这个民族国家、它的运作方式和它的话语。它进一步探讨了近几十年来城市和民族国家之间力量平衡的变化的更广泛的影响，鉴于国家权力的削弱和城市独立于民族国家建立、塑造和宣传自己的日益自由(Clark和Moonen，2016)。意大利引入直接市长选举的同时，国家被重新表述为“第二共和国”，以创建一个“城市共和国”(Bassolino，1996)。那不勒斯在这一时期的突出地位使其成为研究当代城市与国家关系的有利场所。在那不勒斯文艺复兴时期(约1993-2001)，这座城市被誉为城市公民和良好治理的灯塔，后来随着有组织犯罪战争和城市垃圾危机成为全球头条新闻，这座城市陷入了极端的功能失调。这座城市命运的剧烈波动催生了一个极其丰富的文化生产主体。虽然个别例子--埃琳娜·费兰特的《那不勒斯小说》(2011-14)、罗伯托·萨维亚诺的《戈莫拉》(2006)以及改编自电影的《戈莫拉》(2009；2014；2016；2017)--获得了巨大的成功和详细的批评分析，但更广泛的媒体和文化表现领域在很大程度上仍有待探索。我的研究描绘了这一更广泛的领域，并强调了文化生产在塑造人们对那不勒斯和意大利民族国家之间关系的理解方面所发挥的作用。它质疑民族认同和话语如何在那不勒斯的背景下发挥作用--它们如何在城市及其代表的微观背景下被谈判、折射、挑战或具体化。我反驳了现有批评中的一种倾向，即强化人们对那不勒斯的传统看法，认为它是一个特殊的城市和文化现实，与国家标准无关或背离。相反，我强调文化产品如何证明那不勒斯和意大利民族国家之间的连续性，并批评民族话语和实践。通过结合对城市的文化产品和新闻媒体建设的分析，我的书将提供比迄今提供的更全面的关于那不勒斯文化参与的描述；它还将为在其他背景下研究城市和国家的综合文化研究方法提供一个范例。该项目以多学科的文化研究方法为基础。它将对文本(新闻报道、文学作品、电影和电视连续剧)的密切分析与关于那不勒斯及其与意大利的关系的更广泛的文化话语的历史探索结合在一起。它的基础是适用于意大利南部的后殖民理论(Cassano 1996；2010；Chambers 2007)；它将城市的“北方景观”地方化，并将其重新定位于关于民族国家及其影响的讨论中心。因此，它证明了将后殖民批评应用于适当的西方语境的相关性。这一奖学金将提高我作为现代意大利文化研究领导者的地位。这将使我能够领导和管理一项重要和及时的研究，重新构建我们对那不勒斯的理解、它的文化代表以及它与意大利的关系。它将使我能够通过组织一次国际会议和创建一个学术网络，对当代城市和国家之间的关系进行更广泛的重新概念化。我将始终与感兴趣的公众接触，并与意大利语教师合作，为新的A-Level教学大纲制作教材。