TY - JOUR
T1 - In nomine patris: Discursive strategies and ideology in the Cosa Nostra family discourse
AU - Di Piazza, Salvatore
AU - Poppi, Fabio Indio Massimo
AU - Massimo Poppi, Fabio Indìo
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The article investigates how Cosa Nostra family discourse is characterized by a series of discursive strategies that give shape to specific ideological structures. By analysing a TV interview to the son of Bernardo Provenzano, boss of Cosa Nostra, it is possible to understand how the criminal values and practices are maintained and reproduced within the father-son relationship. Specifically, we show how the son justifies, legitimises or denies the criminal actions of his father. The ideology of Cosa Nostra seems to be based on the inter-generational cultural continuity of its members, on the family as main locus of adherence, reductionism of its mediatic image, amoralism as father-son relational constant and verticalism of the organisation as key framing device.
AB - The article investigates how Cosa Nostra family discourse is characterized by a series of discursive strategies that give shape to specific ideological structures. By analysing a TV interview to the son of Bernardo Provenzano, boss of Cosa Nostra, it is possible to understand how the criminal values and practices are maintained and reproduced within the father-son relationship. Specifically, we show how the son justifies, legitimises or denies the criminal actions of his father. The ideology of Cosa Nostra seems to be based on the inter-generational cultural continuity of its members, on the family as main locus of adherence, reductionism of its mediatic image, amoralism as father-son relational constant and verticalism of the organisation as key framing device.
KW - Cosa Nostra
KW - Discursive strategies
KW - Familydiscourse
KW - Ideology
KW - Mafia
KW - Cosa Nostra
KW - Discursive strategies
KW - Familydiscourse
KW - Ideology
KW - Mafia
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/221014
M3 - Article
SP - 45
EP - 53
JO - Discourse, Context and Media
JF - Discourse, Context and Media
SN - 2211-6958
ER -