ABSTRACT

The relevance of Calvino’s anthropological readings, often overlooked by scholars, is particularly evident in his autobiographical project Passaggi obbligati. The structure of the book, consisting of a selection of crucial turning points in the author’s life, is modelled on the theories presented by Arnold Van Gennep in Les Rites de passage. Considering ‘La poubelle agréée’ as a case study, I will highlight Calvino’s shaping of his autobiography according to Van Gennep’s ritual frame, which can be described as a hybrid form of autobiography and ethnography, and which I define as ‘self-ethnography’. The influence of Mary Douglas’ reflection on impurity and garbage in her book Purity and Danger will then be considered as a further crucial theoretical reference for Calvino’s construction of his self-ethnographic narrative.

摘要

卡尔维诺的人类学读物的相关性常常被学者们忽视，但在他的自传项目《Passaggi obbligati》中尤为明显。本书的结构以作者阿诺德·范·根内普（Arnold Van Gennep）在《通行仪式》（Les Rites de Pass）中提出的理论为蓝本，精选了作者一生中的一些关键转折点。以《La poubelle agréée》为案例研究，我将重点介绍卡尔维诺根据范热内普的仪式框架对其自传的塑造，可以将其描述为自传和民族志的混合形式，我将其定义为“自我民族志”。玛丽·道格拉斯在《纯洁与危险》一书中对杂质和垃圾的反思的影响然后将被视为卡尔维诺构建其自我民族志叙事的进一步重要的理论参考。