1. Italian Humanist Photography from Fascism to the Cold WarMartina Caruso, scientific monograph Abstract: Spanning four decades of radical political and social change in Italy, this interdisciplinary study explores photography’s relationship with Italian painting, film, literature, anthropological research and international photography. Evocative and powerful, Italian social documentary photography from the 1930s to the 1960s is a rich source of cultural history, reflecting a time of dramatic change. This book shows, through a wide range of images (some published for the first time) that to fully understand the photography of this period we must take a more expansive view than scholars have applied to date, considering issues of propaganda, aesthetics, religion, national identity and international influences. By setting Italian photography against a backdrop of social documentary and giving it a distinctive place in the global history of photography, this exciting volume of original research is of interest to art historians and scholars of Italian and visual culture studies.
Keywords: History of photography, documentary photography, social photography, humanist photography, painting, film, literature, anthropology, fascism, antifascism, Mussolini, resistance, partisans, masculinity, peasants, ruralism, religion, Catholicism, Carlo Levi, Christ Stopped at Eboli, propaganda, national identity, aesthetics, politics
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2. From Minor Literature to Neoliberal Noir: The Detective Novels of Sergej VercPrimož Mlačnik, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: In this article, we analyze the politics of
representation in the detective tetralogy (1991-2009) of the late Slovenian and Triestinian writer
Sergej Verč. Addressing several aspects of Verč’s
primary literary semiotic device of schizophrenia,
we trace a simultaneous literary and chronological
shift from minor literature to neoliberal noir.
We expose the fundamental representational
ambiguity by analyzing the detective triad
(murder-victim-criminal), the fetishization of
detective clues, the erotization of detection, and
the underlying binary oppositions. Verč’s detective
novels critique the Slovenian capitalist transition
but also reproduce culturally conservative
representations of gender, sexuality, and family.
Keywords: Slovenian Literature, Sergej Verč, Minor Literature, Neoliberal Noir, Trieste, De(mythologization), Schizophrenia, Politics of
Representation, Detective Novels, Critique of
Capitalism, Cultural Conservatism
Published in RUNG: 15.12.2022; Views: 682; Downloads: 16
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3. Domesticated Slovenians in detective novels of Avgust DemšarPrimož Mlačnik, 2022, published scientific conference contribution abstract Abstract: I investigate the politics of representation in the detective novels of Avgust Demšar, a prolific
Slovenian author of ten detective novels, by deconstructing their narratives and the detective
triad. The novels Thin Ice(Tanek led), Europe(Evropa), Miloš, The Island(Otok) and The Church
(Cerkev) are presented through the perspective of domestic noir. Demšar's novels criticise
bigotry and negotiate with the detective genre's inherent culturally conservative topos,
oriented towards re-establishing the social status quo. At the manifest narrative level,
homophobia and repressive sexual morale are delegitimised through the character of a
murderous homophobic mother and politically correct lesbian detectives Nika Lavrič and
macho detective Miloš, and by an emphatic male detective Martin Vrenko. However, repressive
sexual morale is affirmed on the level of relationships between men and women or criminals
and victims. Unweddedness, non-heteronormativity, divorce or adultery, both categorical pairs
share archetypal sins of the patriarchal Christian imaginarium. Therefore, the ambivalent
méconnaissance between affirmation and negation of cultural conservatism offers a unique
view into contemporary Slovenian society's norms, fears, and prevalent ideological ideas. The
norm of the stable monogamous partnership and the fear of private matters becoming public
function as the elusive protection against social evil.
Keywords: domestic noir, detective novels, politics of representation, cultural conservatism
Published in RUNG: 07.07.2022; Views: 698; Downloads: 5
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4. Citizen relationship management by the Government of India through social media channelsSaibal K. Pal, Sunil K. Muttoo, 2018, independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph Abstract: This chapter outlines how Citizen Relationship Management (CRM), a concept derived from the more commonly known Customer Relationship Management, can enable a government to create awareness among citizens about the myriad of services provided by the public sector. The system also helps in attracting and recording responses from the citizens, thereby enabling government employees in responding to citizens’ concerns via social media.
Keywords: citizen relationship management, e-governance, social media, politics, data science
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