{"product_id":"sicilian-epic-and-the-marionette-michael-buonanno-9780786477678","title":"Sicilian Epic and the Marionette Theater","description":"\u003cp\u003e This study analyzes the folkloric genres that comprise the repertoire of the marionette theater in Sicily. Here, epic, farce, saints' lives, bandits' lives, fairytales, Christian myth, and city legend offer the vehicles by which puppeteers comment upon, critique--perhaps even negotiate--the relationships among the major classes of Sicilian society: the aristocracy, the people, the clergy and the Mafia. The lynchpin of the repertoire is the Carolingian Cycle and, in particular, a contemporary version of \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Roland\u003ci\u003e known in Sicily as \u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Paladins\u003c\/i\u003e, a text which illustrates the means by which the Carolingian heroes--Charlemagne, Roland, Renaud, Ganelon, and Angelica--augment saints, bandits, Biblical figures and Sicilian folk heroes to provide the marionette theater its rhetorical function: the articulation and dissemination of the tools of Sicilian identity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Buonanno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786477679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786477678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Michael Buonanno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483687923967,"sku":"9780786477678","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11650a10-7c8f-4a42-b706-878b310e850e.jpg?v=1778040012","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sicilian-epic-and-the-marionette-michael-buonanno-9780786477678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}