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Italian Film

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ISBN-10: 0521649773

ISBN-13: 9780521649773

Edition: 2000

Authors: Marcia Landy, David Desser

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Description:

This work examines the cinematic tradition of Italy. Analysing film within the framework of Italy's historical, social, political, and cultural evolution during the 20th century, the author traces the construction of a coherent national cinema.
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Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/13/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 460
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Early Italian Cinema Attractions
National History as Retrospective Illusion
Challenging the Folklore of Romance
Comedy and the Cinematic Machine
The Landscape and Neorealism, Before and After
Gramsci and Italian Cinema
History, Genre, and the Italian Western
La famiglia: The Cinematic Family and the Nation
A Cinema of Childhood
The Folklore of Femininity and Stardom
Conversion, Impersonation, and Masculinity
Cinema on Cinema and on Television
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Index