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«Up to the last piece» : Precarity and Fragmentation in Zerocalcare’s Macerie prime and Macerie prime. Sei mesi dopo
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Vari, Silvia (2021) «Up to the last piece» : Precarity and Fragmentation in Zerocalcare’s Macerie prime and Macerie prime. Sei mesi dopo. Studi Culturali, 18 (3). pp. 409-436. doi:10.1405/102366 ISSN 1824-369X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1405/102366
Abstract
In Italy, following the 2008 global financial crisis, the economic wealth and social stability that younger generations relied on went from being a certainty to a major source of concern. The increasing precariousness of a neoliberal economy has led to a shift in youths’ ability to project themselves into the future, creating a problematic existential impasse and the increasing necessity for individual stability and security, promoting aggressive attitudes towards the Other. Furthermore, the focus on the individual undermined social and affective relationships, pushing subjects to fight alone, rather than collectively, against the intrinsic risks of life itself. Focusing on Italian youth, the article aims to investigate the economic and affective consequences of precarization through a formal and theoretical analysis of Macerie prime (2017) and Macerie prime. Sei mesi dopo (2018), two autobiographically inspired comic books by Italian comic artist Zerocalcare. Ultimately, the article will examine Zerocalcare’s call for ontological precariousness as the unifying aspect of human existence and a means to re-evaluate the affective relations in times of increasing socio-economic precarity and individualization.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Alternative Title: | «Fino all’ultimo granello» Precarietà e frammentazione in Macerie prime e Macerie prime. Sei mesi dopo di Zerocalcare | ||||||
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009, Neoliberalism, Economic development -- Social aspects, Zerocalcare, 1983- -- Macerie prime, Comics (Graphic works) -- Italy | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Studi Culturali | ||||||
Publisher: | Società Editrice il Mulino | ||||||
ISSN: | 1824-369X | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 December 2021 | ||||||
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Volume: | 18 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 409-436 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1405/102366 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | The definitive version is available publisher's website https://doi.org/10.1405/102366 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | © Società Editrice il Mulino | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 July 2022 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 June 2023 | ||||||
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