‘Bella ciao’: A portable monument for transnational activism

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

International Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-09 DOI:10.1177/13678779221145374

Daniele Salerno, Marit van de Warenburg

引用次数: 1

Abstract

‘Bella ciao’ is one of the best-known partisan songs of the Italian anti-fascist Resistance (1943–5) and is part of the repertoire of protest of many movements across the globe. In 2018, the song was revived by its use in the popular TV series La casa de papel. This article examines how ‘Bella ciao’ is adopted by activists worldwide. It does so by analyzing the song through the concept of ‘portability’: the capacity of a cultural artifact to be a model that can be adapted to different contexts. After an examination of ‘Bella ciao’'s historical uses, the article focuses on the song's feminist versions for supporting different causes and in particular abortion rights. The reuses of the song speak of memory in terms of not only a product – what we remember – but also a process: the creative use of the cultural legacy of past movements for the shaping of new stories.

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“你好”:跨国行动主义的便携式纪念碑

《Bella ciao》是意大利反法西斯抵抗运动（1943-5年）最著名的党派歌曲之一，也是全球许多运动抗议曲目的一部分。2018年，这首歌因在热门电视剧《墙纸之家》中的使用而复活。这篇文章探讨了“Bella ciao”是如何被世界各地的活动家所采用的。它是通过“可移植性”的概念来分析歌曲的：即文化制品作为一个模型的能力，可以适应不同的背景。在考察了“Bella ciao”的历史用途后，文章重点关注了这首歌的女权主义版本，以支持不同的事业，尤其是堕胎权。这首歌的重复使用不仅从一种产品——我们所记住的东西——而且从一个过程——创造性地利用过去运动的文化遗产来塑造新的故事——来表达记忆。

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International Journal of Cultural Studies Multiple-

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4.20

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9.50%

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期刊介绍： International Journal of Cultural Studies is committed to rethinking cultural practices, processes, texts and infrastructures beyond traditional national frameworks and regional biases. The journal publishes theoretical, empirical and historical analyses that interrogate what culture means, and what culture does, across global and local scales of power and action, diverse technologies and forms of mediation, and multiple dimensions of performance, experience and identity. Dedicated to theoretical and methodological innovation in cultural research, the journal is multidisciplinary in outlook, publishing relevant contributions that integrate approaches from the social sciences, humanities, information sciences and more. International Journal of Cultural Studies publishes original research articles. The journal gives preference to papers that extend existing theory or generate new theory through interpretive engagement with empirical cases. Papers based on single country case-studies should clearly indicate and develop the broader relevance of their analyses for an international readership. The journal does not publish close readings of single texts; but it does consider critical, contextualised readings that similarly indicate and develop the broader relevance of their analyses to the field. International Journal of Cultural Studies regularly publishes special issues on urgent questions in the field as well as on specific regions, industries and practices.