Harlequin in Marketplace Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Del i serien Brill Research Perspectives in Popular Culture

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Since the late 19th century, the stock characters of the commedia dell'arte, especially Harlequin, Pulcinella and Pierrot, have been making frequent appearances in the world of material and cultural artifacts, in such categories as the entertainment industry, the food market, politics and education. This book explores the manner in which commedia dell'arte characters and narratives have been instrumentalized to serve commodity marketing, political critique, the arts and cultural pedagogy. Some embodiments of commedia dell'arte demonstrate an extraordinary capacity for serious reflection, reaching out, from within the heart of popular culture, to aesthetic ideals and cognitive depth of a remarkable degree.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-08-28
Mått:155 x 235 x 10 mm
Vikt:285 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brill Research Perspectives in Popular Culture
Antal sidor:154
Upplaga:25017
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004746046

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Domenico Pietropaolo, PhD 1981, is Professor Emeritus of Italian and Drama at the University of Toronto and a senior fellow of Massey College. His main research interests are Italian literature, commedia dell'arte, and Christianity and culture, fields in which he has published many articles and books.

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ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures1 Phantoms of Collective Effervescence Approaching commedia dell’arte in Popular Culture2 Harlequin in the Marketplace and the Ecology of Images3 Harlequin the Sleuth, the Clown and the Supervillain4 Romance and Erotic Fantasies5 Harlequin’s Wooden Brotherhood6 From the Land of Pulcinella to the Republic of Harlequin7 Harlequin in the Social ImaginaryBibliographyIndex