Pasolini’s first visit to a Third World country dates to 1960–61. His impressions and experiences during this journey are told in the collection of articles L’odore dell’India, which, in my opinion, also reveals his (perhaps characteristic) tension between being up-to-date and being out of time. This essay can thus be understood as a small journey through the author’s travels in and relations with India.
Keywords: Pasolini, Pier Paolo - L’odore dell India; India; Greek myths; humanity; capitalism; cultural identity
Title
Pasolini and India
Subtitle
De- and Re-Construction of a Myth
Author(s)
Silvia Mazzini
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Description
Pasolini’s first visit to a Third World country dates to 1960–61. His impressions and experiences during this journey are told in the collection of articles L’odore dell’India, which, in my opinion, also reveals his (perhaps characteristic) tension between being up-to-date and being out of time. This essay can thus be understood as a small journey through the author’s travels in and relations with India.
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Vienna
Publisher
Turia + Kant
Date
2012
Subject
Pasolini, Pier Paolo - L’odore dell India
India
Greek myths
humanity
capitalism
cultural identity
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Bibliographic Citation
Silvia Mazzini, ‘Pasolini and India: De- and Re-Construction of a Myth’, in The Scandal of Self-Contradiction: Pasolini’s Multistable Subjectivities, Geographies, Traditions, ed. by Luca Di Blasi, Manuele Gragnolati, and Christoph F. E. Holzhey, Cultural Inquiry, 6 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2012), pp. 135–50 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-06_08>
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en-GB
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135
page end
150
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The Scandal of Self-Contradiction: Pasolini’s Multistable Subjectivities, Geographies, Traditions, ed. by Luca Di Blasi, Manuele Gragnolati, and Christoph F. E. Holzhey, Cultural Inquiry, 6 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2012), pp. 135–50
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Cite as: Silvia Mazzini, ‘Pasolini and India: De- and Re-Construction of a Myth’, in The Scandal of Self-Contradiction: Pasolini’s Multistable Subjectivities, Geographies, Traditions, ed. by Luca Di Blasi, Manuele Gragnolati, and Christoph F. E. Holzhey, Cultural Inquiry, 6 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2012), pp. 135–50 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-06_08>