Spiegare la vita: processo, performance, esperienza

This paper analyzes the exemplar story of Tariq – a minicab driver born in London in a family from Lahore – and his gradual change from “English” to Pakistani, from “western” to Orthodox believer. An existential parable marked by three main phases: the construction, elaboration and reconstruction of...

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Main Author: Stefano De Matteis
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Edizioni Museo Pasqualino 2020-10-01
Series:Mantichora
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Online Access:https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/IJPS/article/view/2703
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spelling doaj-7ee5440de2b34366b6c9060b4a4be6b62020-11-25T04:11:54ZitaEdizioni Museo PasqualinoMantichora2240-53802020-10-019010.6092/2240-5380/9.2019.332117Spiegare la vita: processo, performance, esperienzaStefano De Matteis0Roma Tre UniversityThis paper analyzes the exemplar story of Tariq – a minicab driver born in London in a family from Lahore – and his gradual change from “English” to Pakistani, from “western” to Orthodox believer. An existential parable marked by three main phases: the construction, elaboration and reconstruction of events, narrations and memories by Tariq; his detachment, if not rejection, from the “western” integration of his brothers; his idealization of the country of origin and “local” relationships to which is added the religious choice gradually acquired as a whole as a new way of life. All this will be analyzed from a performative and procedural perspective of anthropology.https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/IJPS/article/view/2703integrazioneantropologiaperformanceesperienza
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Spiegare la vita: processo, performance, esperienza
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title Spiegare la vita: processo, performance, esperienza
title_short Spiegare la vita: processo, performance, esperienza
title_full Spiegare la vita: processo, performance, esperienza
title_fullStr Spiegare la vita: processo, performance, esperienza
title_full_unstemmed Spiegare la vita: processo, performance, esperienza
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publishDate 2020-10-01
description This paper analyzes the exemplar story of Tariq – a minicab driver born in London in a family from Lahore – and his gradual change from “English” to Pakistani, from “western” to Orthodox believer. An existential parable marked by three main phases: the construction, elaboration and reconstruction of events, narrations and memories by Tariq; his detachment, if not rejection, from the “western” integration of his brothers; his idealization of the country of origin and “local” relationships to which is added the religious choice gradually acquired as a whole as a new way of life. All this will be analyzed from a performative and procedural perspective of anthropology.
topic integrazione
antropologia
performance
esperienza
url https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/IJPS/article/view/2703
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