Vi sono molte strade per l’Italia. Entretien avec Francesco Faeta, par Domenico Sabino

Abstract

In his book Vi sono molte strade per l’Italia. Ricercatori e fotografi americani nel Mezzogiorno degli anni Cinquanta (Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino Editore, 2022), Francesco Faeta tackles the issue of social science research in the post-war Italian Mezzogiorno through the cases of three American researchers and photographers, George T. Peck, David “Chim” Seymour and Frank Cancian. In this interview with Domenico Sabino, he discusses their careers, their methodology, the ideological context of their work and the way it relates to the work of Ernesto De Martino.

Keywords

• photography
• Southern Italy
• anthropology
• Peck (George T.)
• Seymour (David)
• Cancian (Frank)