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糖心TV Italian Cinema Group Research Event - Prof Luca Caminati (Concordia University, Montreal)

16:30 - 18:00, Wed, 25 Feb '26 Export as iCalendar

Location: FAB cinema FAB 0.21

Wednesday 25th February

Sandokan's Thickness: Libidinal Economy, The Subversives Seventies, and Italian Television

16.30 – 18.00 | FAB cinema (FAB 0.21)

Abstract: This talk examines the cultural phenomenon of Sandokan (1976), the Italian television miniseries that became a symbol of 1970s popular media. By situating the program within the broader context of the 鈥渟ubversive seventies,鈥� I explore how Sandokan mediated tensions between entertainment, politics, and desire. Drawing on Lyotard鈥檚 concept of libidinal economy, my analysis examines how the series generated affective investments that exceeded its immediate narrative, shaping new forms of identification and resistance. Italian television emerges not only as a site of mass consumption but also as a contested arena in which popular culture intersected with ideological struggles, colonial imaginaries, and the shifting dynamics of postwar society. Ultimately, I argue that Sandokan embodied a paradoxical cultural thickness: simultaneously a commercial product and a vehicle for subversive fantasies that destabilized traditional boundaries of national identity and collective desire.

Tags: Italian Seminar

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