Neapolitan profanity is the main theme of the new and colorful essay by Luciano Galassi, Tomo tomo, cacchio cacchio, published by Phoenix Publishing, which will be presented on October 4, 2019 in Naples at 12:45 as part of the Ricomincio dai libri event in the Cavalluccio Rosso room in via Portacarrese in Montecalvario in the space of the Foqus Foundation directed by Rachele Furfaro.
The author will be present, together with Aldo Di Mauro and Pino Cotarelli who moderates the meeting, between the readings of Giulio Adinolfi.
For Neapolitans, using foul language also recalls an expedient to color concepts, underline expressions, redeem stereotypes or reinvent the way of expressing oneself. Foul language, a transgressive language that reflects our most immediate feelings of anger, revenge, desire to offend; a dialectical and persuasive tool, a weapon of incursion and defense, it is also a joke, a mockery, a caricature and a strain, drawing on what is hidden in our body and in its functions to make them an object of amusement.
In this, this city shines for true gems of "fat talk", handed down by sayings and literary productions from the 500th century to today, even of a high level. Just think, for all, and there are many, of Filippo Sgruttendio up to the recent Inferno of Neapolitan poetry by Angelo Manna and the very recent one, with the same title, by Federico Salvatore.
Luciano Galassi, also a scholar of this segment of Neapolitan speech and therefore an admirer of the Squallor group, which he cites extensively in this work, has as always researched, rationalised, reorganised and explained a kaleidoscope of images and words to be enjoyed.
Luciano Galassi, a retired business manager, is passionate about puzzles, 900th century Italian literature and Neapolitan literature. With the publishing house Kairós he has published the texts 'O mellone chino 'e fuoco, Acqua 'e maggio, Le zandraglie, Mannaggia Bubbà, Asso 'e coppe, Chianette e carocchie, Cucozze e caracazze, Figlio 'e 'ntrocchia, Nonna nonna, nunnarella; the collection of short stories Sigma più, Venere all'incanto and the novel 101 shades of eros.
In 2015, Guida-Kairós published Salùtame a sòreta and the new, revised and expanded edition of Neapolitan Wellerisms.
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