Memory lane: an analysis of the Italian culture in the Rio Grande do Sul

In modern times, individual memory is not enough to retain all past experiences, so society creates preservation institutions that will store them to the contemporary world. In this sense, we discuss the representations of the Italian identity in Rio Grande do Sul from the “memory stimulator” presen...

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Autor: Beneduzi, Luís Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Estudos Ibero-Americanos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/5791
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/iberoamericana/article/view/5791
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Memory
Italian Immigration
Cultural Heritage
Memoria
Inmigración italiana
Patrimonio cultural
Memória
Imigração italiana
Patrimônio cultural
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Sumario:In modern times, individual memory is not enough to retain all past experiences, so society creates preservation institutions that will store them to the contemporary world. In this sense, we discuss the representations of the Italian identity in Rio Grande do Sul from the “memory stimulator” present in the Primo Levi’s narratives; we try to understand past fragments remained in the touristic itinerary as a builder of an imaginary about the Italian Immigration.