Open AccessVerdi’s Operas, Risorgimento and Ideology of Interpretive Activism
Author(s) -
Peter Stamatov,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the beacon: journal for studying ideologies and mental dimensions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-1890
pISSN - 2713-1882
DOI - 10.55269/thebeacon.4.010550109
Subject(s) - ideology , nationalism , multitude , politics , sociology , aesthetics , media studies , gender studies , political science , law , art
The concept of interpretive activism and interpretive activists, is introduced as a media between cultural objects (Verdi’s operas) and political meanings. The multitude of political and ideological interpretations of Verdi’s operas written in the 1840s, that resulted from the differentiation between socio-political interests of interpretive activists, goes definitely beyond the traditional understanding of Verdi’s music as a convenient ideological tool used for creating pre-designed Italian nationalist sentiments of Risorgimento.