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Dreamscapes in Italian Cinema

Author : Francesco Pascuzzi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-01-21
ISBN 10 : 9781611477825
Pages : 220 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (782 downloads)

Download Dreamscapes in Italian Cinema in PDF Full Online Free by Francesco Pascuzzi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the oneiric in Italian cinema from filmic representations and visualizations of dreams, nightmares, hallucinations, and dream-like and hypnotic states, to dreams as cinematic allegories and metaphors and the theoretical frameworks applied to the investigation of this relationship.

Italian Motherhood on Screen

Author : Giovanna Faleschini Lerner
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-14
ISBN 10 : 9783319566757
Pages : 293 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (675 downloads)

Download Italian Motherhood on Screen in PDF Full Online Free by Giovanna Faleschini Lerner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first scholarly analysis that considers the specificity of situated experiences of the maternal from a variety of theoretical perspectives. From “Fertility Day” to “Family Day,” the concept of motherhood has been at the center of the public debate in contemporary Italy, partly in response to the perceived crisis of the family, the economic crisis, and the crisis of national identity, provoked by the forces of globalization and migration, secularization, and the instability of labor markets. Through essays by an international cohort of established and emerging scholars, this volume aims to read these shifts in cinematic terms. How does Italian cinema represent, negotiate, and elaborate changing definitions of motherhood in narrative, formal, and stylistic terms? The essays in this volume focus on the figures of working mothers, women who opt for a child-free adulthood, single mothers, ambivalent mothers, lost mothers, or imperfect mothers, who populate contemporary screen narratives.

Portrait of the Artist and His Mother in Twentieth-Century Italian Culture

Author : Daniela Bini
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-05
ISBN 10 : 9781683932581
Pages : 267 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (258 downloads)

Download Portrait of the Artist and His Mother in Twentieth-Century Italian Culture in PDF Full Online Free by Daniela Bini and published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power exercised by the mother on the son in Mediterranean cultures has been amply studied. Italy is a special case in the Modern Era and the phenomenon of Mammismo italiano is indeed well known. Scholars have traced this obsession with the mother figure to the Catholic cult of the Virgin Mary, but in fact, it is more ancient. What has not been adequately addressed however, is how Mammismo italiano has been manifested in complex ways in various modern artistic forms. Portrait of the Artist and His Mother in Twentieth-Century Italian Culture focuses on case studies of five prominent creative personalities, representing different, sometimes overlapping artistic genres (Luigi Pirandello, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Dino Buzzati, Carlo Levi, Federico Fellini). The author examines how the mother-son relationship not only affected, but actually shaped their work. Although the analysis uses mainly a psychological and psychoanalytical critical approach, the belief of the author, substantiated by historians, anthropologists and sociologists, is that historical and cultural conditions contributed to and reinforced the Italian character. This book concludes with an analysis of some examples of Italian film comedies, such as Fellini's and Monicelli's where mammismo/vitellonismo is treated with a lighter tone and a pointed self irony.

A Critical Companion to James Cameron

Author : Adam Barkman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-10-26
ISBN 10 : 9781498572316
Pages : 244 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (231 downloads)

Download A Critical Companion to James Cameron in PDF Full Online Free by Adam Barkman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive, current scholarly analysis of the works of one of the world’s most renowned and successful filmmakers. Written by some of the top scholars working in film and media studies, philosophy, and literature, the seventeen chapters in this book illuminate the entire artistic career of James Cameron.

Performing Bodies

Author : Catherine Ramsey-Portolano
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-12-29
ISBN 10 : 9781683931324
Pages : 146 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (132 downloads)

Download Performing Bodies in PDF Full Online Free by Catherine Ramsey-Portolano and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how in Italian literature and film, as well as in society, women were confined to traditional roles and illness often represented the consequence for transgressing those roles. Feigning illness offered women a way to “own” the illness and become masters of their bodies as well as their stories and destinies.

Resistance, Heroism, Loss

Author : Thomas Cragin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-02-20
ISBN 10 : 9781683931386
Pages : 200 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (138 downloads)

Download Resistance, Heroism, Loss in PDF Full Online Free by Thomas Cragin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays charts the shifting representation of World War II in Italian literature and film from 1943 to the present. The essays examine film genre, cultural history, gender, the Holocaust, emotion studies, shame theory, and environmental studies.

Italian Women's Autobiographical Writings in the Twentieth Century

Author : Ursula Fanning
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-09-07
ISBN 10 : 9781683930327
Pages : 261 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (32 downloads)

Download Italian Women's Autobiographical Writings in the Twentieth Century in PDF Full Online Free by Ursula Fanning and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical volume offers an overview and close analysis of Italian women’s autobiographical writings from the twentieth century, engaging with issues of form and content and identifying recurring paradigms. It will be of interest to students of Italian literature and culture, autobiographical studies, and gender studies.

Requiem for a nation

Author : Roberto Cavallini
Publisher : Mimesis
Release Date : 2017-05-30T00:00:00+02:00
ISBN 10 : 9788869771156
Pages : 156 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (115 downloads)

Download Requiem for a nation in PDF Full Online Free by Roberto Cavallini and published by Mimesis. This book was released on 2017-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary objective of this collection is to examine the ways in which religion, culture and politics converge in configuring the contradictions of post-war Italy’s cultural history, starting from the assumption that conducting a critical reflection on Italian postwar visual culture requires investigating the inevitable impact of Catholic religion on everyday life in its social, political and cultural dimensions. The volume takes advantage of the privileged position of cinema to explore and critique religion’s influence on the Italian cultural landscape. This edited anthology thus seeks to probe how religion is experienced, practiced, criticized and represented from various methodological perspectives (historical, philological, aesthetic, psychoanalytical, popular studies, etc.) through four main sections: ‘Propaganda and Censorship’, ‘Framing Belief: Pasolini and Petri’, ‘Religion in Italian Popular Cinema’ and ‘Ancient Rituals, Modern Myths’.

Gender and Contemporary Horror in Film

Author : Samantha Holland
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2019-03-13
ISBN 10 : 9781787698970
Pages : 272 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (897 downloads)

Download Gender and Contemporary Horror in Film in PDF Full Online Free by Samantha Holland and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection focuses on gender and contemporary horror in film, examining how and if representations of gender in horror have changed.

The Formation of a National Audience in Italy, 1750–1890

Author : Gabriella Romani
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-06-06
ISBN 10 : 9781611478013
Pages : 308 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (81 downloads)

Download The Formation of a National Audience in Italy, 1750–1890 in PDF Full Online Free by Gabriella Romani and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the process of cultural production and consumption in late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Italy and the ways in which authors, composers, publishers, performers, journalists, and editors engage with the anxieties and aspirations of their diverse audiences.

Return Narratives

Author : Theodora D. Patrona
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-08-29
ISBN 10 : 9781611479959
Pages : 222 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (995 downloads)

Download Return Narratives in PDF Full Online Free by Theodora D. Patrona and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the third generation ethnic return to the homeland and its identity quest through myth, history, and storytelling as seen in late-twentieth-century novels. Through a comparison between Italian American and Greek American works, the book discusses contemporary ethnic cultures, histories, and the common painful identity issues.

French Cinema and the Great War

Author : Marcelline Block
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-02-04
ISBN 10 : 9781442260986
Pages : 204 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (98 downloads)

Download French Cinema and the Great War in PDF Full Online Free by Marcelline Block and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even a century after its conclusion, the devastation of the Great War still echoes in the work of artists who try to make sense of the political, moral, ideological, and economic changes and challenges it spawned. This volume provides the first book-length study of World War I as it is featured in French cinema, from the silent era to contemporary films. Presented in three thematic sections—Recording and Remembering the Great War, Women at the Front, and Interrogating Commemoration—the essays in this volume explore the ways in which French film contributes to the restoration and modification of memories of the war. Films such as La Grande Illusion,King of Hearts, A Very Long Engagement, and Joyeux Noel are among those discussed in the volume’s examination of the various ways in which film mediates personal and collective memories of this critical historical event.

Motherhood, Fatherland, and Primo Levi

Author : Robert Pirro
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-09-05
ISBN 10 : 9781683930860
Pages : 172 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (86 downloads)

Download Motherhood, Fatherland, and Primo Levi in PDF Full Online Free by Robert Pirro and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is an against-the-grain study of Primo Levi’s lifelong concerns about agency, both personal and political. It moves from fresh readings of his lesser-known short story and novels to a major reinterpretation of the testimonial works at the center of his legacy.

Pasolini’s Lasting Impressions

Author : Ryan Calabretta-Sajder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-01-03
ISBN 10 : 9781683930198
Pages : 266 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (19 downloads)

Download Pasolini’s Lasting Impressions in PDF Full Online Free by Ryan Calabretta-Sajder and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection examines the multifaceted opus of Pier Paolo Pasolini through a contemporary critical lens. It offers new interpretations to some classic works such as Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom and Decameron while considering some lesser studied pieces, for example Orestiade and his Friulian verse.

Pirandello’s Visual Philosophy

Author : Lisa Sarti
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-03-23
ISBN 10 : 9781683930297
Pages : 233 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (29 downloads)

Download Pirandello’s Visual Philosophy in PDF Full Online Free by Lisa Sarti and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection draws on cutting-edge work that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries to offer new perspectives on the importance of visuality and the imagination in the work of Luigi Pirandello, the great Italian modernist. The volume re-examines traditional critical notions central to the study of Pirandello by focusing on the importance of the visual imagination in his poetics and aesthetics, an area of multimedia investigation which has not yet received ample attention in English-language books. Putting scholarship on Pirandello in conversation with new work on the multimedia dimensions of modernism, the volume examines how Pirandello worked across and was adapted through multiple media. It also brings Pirandello into a cross-disciplinary dialogue with new approaches to Italian cultural studies to show how his work remains relevant to scholarly conversations across the field. The essays in this collection highlight the ways in which Pirandello is engaged not only in literature and theatre but also in the visual arts, film, and music. At the same time, they emphasize the ways in which this multimedia creativity enables Pirandello to pursue complex philosophical thoughts, and how scholars’ interpretation of his works can provide new insights into problems facing us today. Crossing from aesthetics and a study of modernist notions of creative imagination into studies of multimedia works and adaptations, the volume argues that Pirandello should be understood as a thinker in images whose legacy can be felt across the arts and into the realm of 21st-century theories of literary cognition.

Screening Motherhood in Contemporary World Cinema

Author : Asma Sayed
Publisher : Demeter Press
Release Date : 2016-02-01
ISBN 10 : 9781772580464
Pages : 426 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (46 downloads)

Download Screening Motherhood in Contemporary World Cinema in PDF Full Online Free by Asma Sayed and published by Demeter Press. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a variety of critical and theoretical approaches, the contributing scholars to this collection analyze culturally specific and globally held attitudes about mothers and mothering, as represented in world cinema. Examining films from a range of countries including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Eastern Europe, Canada, and the United States, the various chapters contextualize the socio-cultural realities of motherhood as they are represented on screen, and explore the maternal figure as she has been glamorized and celebrated, while simultaneously subjected to public scrutiny. Collectively, this scholarly investigation provides insights into where women’s struggles converge, while also highlighting the dramatically different realities of women around the globe.

Davide Rondoni

Author : Gregory M. Pell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-12-20
ISBN 10 : 9781611478785
Pages : 178 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (878 downloads)

Download Davide Rondoni in PDF Full Online Free by Gregory M. Pell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davide Rondoni: Art in the Movement of Creation is for those passionate about poetry and visual arts. In a comparative literature context that covers authors from Italy, North America, and in between, Pell studies the work of writer and scholar Davide Rondoni and takes a close-reading approach in his study of the vital need for art and poetry in contemporary society.