Memory and the Trevi Fountain

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Names: Krist, Pamela, 1944- author.

Title: Memory and the Trevi Fountain : flows of political power in media performance / Pamela Krist.

Description: Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; New York ; Wien : Peter Lang, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019016726 | ISBN 9781788740142 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Fontana di Trevi (Rome, Italy) | Fountains--Italy--Rome. | Rome (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc. | Memory--Social aspects--Italy--Rome.

Classification: LCC DG815.4.F65 K75 2019 | DDC 306.4/7--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019016726

Cover image: Photo by the author.

Cover design: Peter Lang Ltd.

ISSN 2235-2325

ISBN 978-1-78874-014-2 (print)  •  ISBN 978-1-78874-015-9 (ePDF)

ISBN 978-1-78874-016-6 (ePub)  •  ISBN 978-1-78874-017-3 (mobi)

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About the author

Pamela Krist completed her PhD in Italian Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is now an independent researcher with current areas of interest in memory and colour, and memory and water.

About the book

Why do you throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain and make a wish?

This book links cultural memory with the materiality of the Trevi Fountain as historical monument and uses this perspective to examine its imagery in art, literature, film and music, concluding with the e-Trevi on the internet. How memory takes different pathways is of current interest in memory studies and the cross-disciplinary approach taken here considers how memory travels between media as well as exploring related issues such as forgetting and media convergence.

Yet there is a dark side to the Trevi, previously unexplored, of memory linked to water, which runs counter to its usual blue sky image, and this ambiguity is unravelled. The book also conveys the international, national and localized meanings of the Fountain and describes the changing ideologies that are hidden in the many performances the monument is made to give. The Trevi is symbolic of both commodification and misogyny, symbols that flow with changing and contemporary meanings. Throw your coin with care!

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