51. 'Innovative identities'? The issue of cultural and linguistic fragmentation in Montagna Friulana (north eastern Italy)
- Author
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Jelen, Igor, Steinicke, Ernst, Specogna, Erica, Jelen, Igor, Steinicke, Ernst, and Specogna, Erica
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local identity revival ,Eastern Alp ,Eastern Alps ,ethnic and linguistic minorities ,geography of peripheral condition ,Region Friuli Venezia Giulia – North Eastern Italy - Abstract
The current globalization realty is characterized by the constant coming up of new identities, that are appearing at any scale, almost as a side-effect of parallel phenomena signifying increasingly cultural indeterminateness. This paper argues that this phenomenon is connected to a condition of periphericity, namely to a sense of vulnerability that arise outside the umbrella once provided by modern state; furthermore this paper argues that this phenomenon is indifferently affecting any culture, not considering ethnic and linguistic derivation. Such situation figures out a sort of paradox of the globalization, which, while extending the hegemony of a uniform code, would induce per reaction the flourishing of local cultures, sometimes evidencing a self-referential character, other times configuring the main stain for a new territorial consciousness.
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- 2016