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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Autor principal:	Marcello Messina
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Publicado:	Nepan editor 2017
Materias:	sicily independence imagery allegory decoloniality History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:da36070fc8884f4fab335157c0d651272021-11-21T01:27:48ZGENDERED METAPHORS OF TERRITORIAL SUBORDINATION, THEOLOGIES OF INDEPENDENCE AND IMAGES OF A LIBERATED FUTURE: SODARO & DI BELLA’S LÀSSAMI AS A SICILIAN DECOLONIAL ALLEGORYhttps://doi.org/10.29327/216344.5.2-51807-18562525-5924https://doaj.org/article/da36070fc8884f4fab335157c0d651272017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://periodicos.ufac.br/index.php/mui/article/view/1571https://doaj.org/toc/1807-1856https://doaj.org/toc/2525-5924The 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.Marcello MessinaNepan editorarticlesicilyindependenceimageryallegorydecolonialityHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999ENESPTMuiraquitã, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 91-142 (2017)
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description	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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title	GENDERED METAPHORS OF TERRITORIAL SUBORDINATION, THEOLOGIES OF INDEPENDENCE AND IMAGES OF A LIBERATED FUTURE: SODARO & DI BELLA’S LÀSSAMI AS A SICILIAN DECOLONIAL ALLEGORY
title_short	GENDERED METAPHORS OF TERRITORIAL SUBORDINATION, THEOLOGIES OF INDEPENDENCE AND IMAGES OF A LIBERATED FUTURE: SODARO & DI BELLA’S LÀSSAMI AS A SICILIAN DECOLONIAL ALLEGORY
title_full	GENDERED METAPHORS OF TERRITORIAL SUBORDINATION, THEOLOGIES OF INDEPENDENCE AND IMAGES OF A LIBERATED FUTURE: SODARO & DI BELLA’S LÀSSAMI AS A SICILIAN DECOLONIAL ALLEGORY
title_fullStr	GENDERED METAPHORS OF TERRITORIAL SUBORDINATION, THEOLOGIES OF INDEPENDENCE AND IMAGES OF A LIBERATED FUTURE: SODARO & DI BELLA’S LÀSSAMI AS A SICILIAN DECOLONIAL ALLEGORY
title_full_unstemmed	GENDERED METAPHORS OF TERRITORIAL SUBORDINATION, THEOLOGIES OF INDEPENDENCE AND IMAGES OF A LIBERATED FUTURE: SODARO & DI BELLA’S LÀSSAMI AS A SICILIAN DECOLONIAL ALLEGORY
title_sort	gendered metaphors of territorial subordination, theologies of independence and images of a liberated future: sodaro & di bella’s làssami as a sicilian decolonial allegory
publisher	Nepan editor
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