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Title: BenveGnUU IN Padania
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BenveGnUU IN Padania
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www.padan.org
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What is Padania?
- A geographical name identifying the regions of
the Val Padana in Northern Italy - Another name for the territory the Romans called
Cisalpine Gaul - Defined by the area where gallo-italic
languages are spoken (including
emiliano-romagnola, ligure, lombardo, and
piemontese)
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Who calls it Padania?
- The Lombard, Ticino, and Grigoni chapters of the
International Association for the Defense of
Endangered Languages and Cultures began using the
name in the 1970s. - Linguist Geoffrey Hull of Macarthur University in
Sydney wrote a thesis on The Linguistic Unity of
Northern Italy and Rhaetia using the term Padania
and arguing that the dialects of the region were
variants of a unique linguistic system padanese
(or padanian). - In the 1990s, however, it was adopted by the Lega
Nord and entered into the everyday Italian
vocabulary. The connotation now is politicized
and partisan.
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La Lega Nord
- Founded by Umberto Bossi in 1991 as La Lega Nord
per lindipendenza della Padania - Precursors were the Liga Veneta and Lega
Lombarda, founded in 1980s - Among its major goals, the attainment of
federalism, the devolution of central power to
local governments, and the preservation of local
languages and culture.
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Heritage, Not Hate
- Mythical past we fought against Barbarossa (in
1174) - Celtic roots
- Green shirts, Black shirts
- Our Language holds our culture.
- (And it doesnt hurt that we happen to dislike
all the same things - Southerners
- centralized government
- Italy )
Umberto Bossi
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La Lengua Padanesa
Scrivuu in lengua italiana (variant standard
tuscana)
- Encompasses multiple dialects
- These dialects tend to have
- weaker consonants than standard Italian
(latinagtladin) - Desonorization of end vowels (neve gt neiv)
- Alternate verb forms (for example, io vengogteu
vegn tu dicigttu dis) - Vernacular use of the remote past tense
- An abundance of vocabulary words that are
definitely not Tuscan sometimes correspond to
Occitan but not always biadeg (nephew) rampin
(hook) hboleid (function)
La Padania terra gallica nel mondo italico
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A language everyone can understand
- One of the most common slogans is a simple
affirmation of masculine sexual prowess, in crude
language. La Lega ce lha duro(The League has a
hard-on). It is a sentence used as a disingenuous
reaction to complicated questions or comments by
political opponents. It does not make sense, but
it creates embarrassment and anger in political
circles. It provokes hilarity and great
satisfaction among activists, and conveys the
anti-system component of the Lega. Vulgarity is
raised to the status of a virtue because it
possesses a simplicity and directness that is
felt to be lacking elsewhere. --Carlo Ruzza
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POLITICS
- League movements begin in 1980s in response to
government corruption, redistributive policies
funneling northern tax money south. (Soldi dal
nord, mafia dal sud). - Goals federalism, preservation of language and
culture. On the more radical side, secession - Early 1990s, huge number of government scandals
made public and nearly all prominent politicians
put on trial. Post-war political system
collapses. - Lega Nord sees opportunity for national power.
Bossi gets a Senate seat. LN moves South, opening
up Lega chapters in South, minus the Nord - Berlusconi tailgates on the language of the
league. Berlusconi has wider appeal and wider
(MUCH WIDER) access to national public. Lega Nord
agrees on coalition with Forza Italia until 1996.
Bossi pulls out, Lega becomes more radical, and
once again more regional.
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Resources Anderson, Benedict. Imagined
Communities. Verso London, 1991. Agnew, John.
The Rhetoric of Regionalism The Northern
League in Italian Politics. Transactions of
the Institute of British Geographers. 1995.
156-172. Ginsborg, Paul. Italy and its
Discontents. Penguin London, 2001. Gold, Thomas.
Lega Nord and Contemporary Politics in Italy.
McMilan New York, 2003. Ruzza, Carlo. Language
and Nationalism in Italy Language as a Weak
Marker of National Identity. Language and
Nationalism in Europe. Oxford, New York,
2000. 168-182. Sznajder, Mario. Italys Right
Wing Government Legitimacy and Criticism.
International Affairs. 711 (1995),
83-102. www.padan.org www.leganord.org
Meg Austin 29 November 2007
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