The Image of Africa in Italian Music : From Objecthood to a New Subjectivity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bussotti, Luca, author.

Series:

The Frankfurt School in New Times.

The Frankfurt School in New Times

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Africa--History and criticism.

Music.

Popular music--Italy--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Racism in popular culture--Italy.

Racism in popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

The Image of Africa in Italian Popular Music is an innovative, well-documented and provocative study which explains the how Africa and Africans are portrayed in Italian music, and how African-Italian musicians contribute to the decolonization of Italian music and became the new protagonists of the public life of an entire European nation.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Theoretical Approach

Chapter 2: Methodology

Chapter 3: A Short Overview on the Image of Africa in Italian Culture: From Dante to the Dawn of Colonialism

Chapter 4: A First Approach to Africa: Popular Italian Music at the Beginning of Colonialism (1888-1912)

First Images of Africa in the Italian Popular Music (1892-4)

Italian Popular Music in the Face of the Colonial Experience in Libya (1911-12)

Conclusion

Chapter 5: Italian Popular Music in the Face of Fascist Colonialism

Fascism and Music

The Representation of Africa in Fascist Music

Some Examples of Fascist Songs Regarding Africa

Goodbyes and Departure for War

Military Combats

Victory/Conquest

The Return

The Representation of the "Others"

The Negus

African Women

Intimism

Memories of Heroic Deeds

Manifestation of Patriotism

Political Songs

Chapter 6: The Representation of Africa after the Second World War: 1940s and 1970s: Africa as Absence

1940s and 1950s: Africa as an Absence

1960s-1970s: From Absence to Evasion to a First African Subjectivity

Chapter 7: A Long Transition: From Africa as Metaphor to Africa as Reality (1980s-2000s)

Images in Dispute: Africa in Italian Music between Old Stereotypes and New Representations

CSOA, Hip-Hop, and the New Representation of Africa

Chapter 8: Decolonizing the Approach: Africa as a Subject (from 2000 to the Present)

The First Afro-Italian Stars of TV, Sport, Literature, and Cinema

The 2G Network

Chapter 9: After the 2G Network: The Second Generation Rappers between Commitment and Individualism

Beyond Decolonialism: The New Afro-Italian Rappers.

Toward a New Struggle: (Afro)-Italian Rappers against the Right-wing Governments

Afro-Italian Rappers to Conquer Sanremo Festival

Chapter 10: Besides the African-Italian Rappers: The Representation of Africa between Continuity and Innovation

The Journey

Promoting Multiculturalism

African Politics

Final Remarks

References

Index

About the Author.

ISBN:

1-9787-4687-3

979-82-16-20155-7

1-9787-6121-X

OCLC:

1535400218