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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2015 - 17.26 July

PAOLO APOLITO

JULY 25 - MASTERCLASS

BIOGRAPHY:

Paolo Apolito, Lecturer of Cultural Anthropology at  the University RomaTre, after a long experience in the University system the Professor has taken on a new adventure with a new  twist and tweaked his profession. He has created a new role for himself “l’antropologo a domicilio/The Anthropologist at your home”, a kind of show which lasts about an hour. The professor presents his latest book Ritmi di Festa (Il Mulino, Bologna, 2014) by putting on a performance.

He has also written, Il Gioco del Festival. Il Romanzo del Giffoni Film Festival (published by L’Ancora del Mediterraneo, 2004): a kind of Festival novel, in which the protagonist is a man whose relatives moved to America from Giffoni in a distant past. He comes to Giffoni to see the festival unfold.

  • Works:

    Publishings
    (1980) Lettere al Mago (Liguori)
    (2001) La religione degli italiani (Editori Riuniti)
    (2004) Il Gioco del Festival. Il Romanzo del Giffoni Film Festival (Edito da L’Ancora del Mediterraneo)
    (2006) Con la voce di un altro. Storia di possessione, di parole e di violenza (Edito da L’Ancora del Mediterraneo)
    (2014) Ritmi di festa. Corpo, danza, socialità (Il Mulino)