Ng, Jenna orcid.org/0000-0002-0018-1812 (2007) Poetry of Squalor:Exploring the borgata in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Accattone. Opticon 1826. ISSN 2049-8128
Abstract
This essay focuses on Pasolini’s cinematic representation of the Roman slums, or the borgate, in Accattone by analysing on various levels its significance as a specific topographical space. My primary argument is that Pasolini’s alternate take on the borgate, replete with myth, utopian idealism and ideological ambition, nonetheless remains a flawed striving of romanticism,whose redemption remains out of reach, and whose doom is inescapable.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | cinema and the city |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2022 12:30 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:06 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181947 |