Liberi e Svizzeri”: The Identity of the Inhabitants of the Canton Ticino or the Social Production of Dialect

By Christian Giordano
English

The canton Ticino is the unique Swiss canton with Italian-speaking majority. The construction of identity is based essentially on the notions of “italianity” and “swissness” which reveal in fact a “multiple belonging” to Italy and Switzerland. The article analyzes social production of ambivalence in historical, linguistic, folkloric, political, ritual and visual discourses and the corresponding social practices.

Keywords

  • frontier
  • fatherland
  • Switzerland
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