Napolitude
The term napolitude (Italian: Napolitudine) is a term used to indicate a feeling of melancholy described by tourists and by the Neapolitans when they leave the Gulf of Naples and the city itself, traditionally stigmatized by the phrase "See Naples and then die". It is described several times by poets and writers, as well as represented in films and sung in classic Neapolitan songs (including the notable Munasterio 'e Santa Chiara), Italian and American; the writers Erri De Luca and Luciano De Crescenzo talk about it in the famous film "FF.SS.". In Neapolitan it is also called smania 'e turnà ("desire to return").[1]
Neapolitan: No... nun è overo!
No... nun ce crero.
E moro pe' 'sta smania 'e turnà a Napule...
English: No ... that's not true!
No ... I don't believe it.
And I'm dying of this urge to go back to Naples ...— Phrase symbol of Napolitude
The term is often confused with Neapolitanity, that has a different meaning, or Neapolitanism, which describes a typical dialectal inflection or attachment to the culture and traditions typical of Naples.
The Napolitude in art
- Napolitudine, musical by Enzo Avolio.
- Napolitudine, exhibition of the artist Renato Laneri.
- Napolitudine, song by Federico Salvatore.
- Vedi Napoli e poi muori, film of 1924 by Eugenio Perego.
References
- ↑ Parente, Luigi; Gentile, Fabio; Grillo, Rosa Maria (2005). Giovanni Preziosi e la questione della razza in Italia: atti del convegno di studi, Avellino-Torella dei Lombardi, 30 novembre-2 dicembre 2000 (in italiano). Rubbettino Editore. ISBN 978-88-498-1364-7. Search this book on
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