GENDERED METAPHORS OF TERRITORIAL SUBORDINATION, THEOLOGIES OF INDEPENDENCE AND IMAGES OF A LIBERATED FUTURE: SODARO & DI BELLA’S LÀSSAMI AS A SICILIAN DECOLONIAL ALLEGORY
The short film Làssami (“leave me”) was directed by Gianluca Sodaro in 2015, and functions as a music video to the eponymous song by Giuseppe Di Bella, who also acts in the film. In this article, I attempt to decipher Làssami’s encounter of lyrics, music, sound effects and images. In the first part...
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2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.29327/216344.5.2-5 https://doaj.org/article/da36070fc8884f4fab335157c0d65127 |
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| Sumario: | The short film Làssami (“leave me”) was directed by Gianluca Sodaro in 2015, and functions as a music video to the eponymous song by Giuseppe Di Bella, who also acts in the film. In this article, I attempt to decipher Làssami’s encounter of lyrics, music, sound effects and images. In the first part of the article, I discuss the reproduction of stereotypical images of Sicilian masculinity perpetrated by the film, also drawing on recent media releases. I then work my way through the intricate web of trappings associated to the representation of the female characters in the film – as passive, innocent, celestial, and white. In the second part of the article, I attempt to reinterpret the film in light of the decolonial concept of “de-linking”. I argue that Làssami’s symbolical coding, regardless of the authors’ intentions, refers precisely to a silenced desire for sovereignty and independence. |
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