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Rappresentazioni e implicazioni sociologiche della deformità in Elephant Man di David Lynch
Titolo Rivista: SALUTE E SOCIETÀ 
Autori/Curatori: Antonio Rafele, Guerino Bovalino 
Anno di pubblicazione:  2020 Fascicolo: 2 Lingua: Italiano 
Numero pagine:  12 P. 44-55 Dimensione file:  148 KB
DOI:  10.3280/SES2020-002004
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In a convergence between sociology of media and visual studies, this paper proposes an inquiryon the representation of deformity in Elephant Man, and shows in conclusion the significantvariations that two current objects of the present imagery, the pornography and thevirtual reality, make on the subject. If in the cinema of the eighties, the deformity is still fullyassociated with the definition of a social norm, in a persistent and ambiguous dialecticbetween scene and off scene, in the most recent images of consumption, the deformed occupiesthe center of the scene becoming the principle of aesthetic experience. This polarity,studied in its narrative forms and its sociological implications, constitutes the reflexive centreof this article.
Keywords: Cinema; deformità; natura; media; immagine; mito.

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Antonio Rafele, Guerino Bovalino, in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" 2/2020, pp. 44-55, DOI:10.3280/SES2020-002004

   

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