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The Italian Cinema Book by Peter Bondanella (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101844574040
ISBN-139781844574049
eBay Product ID (ePID)167695933
Product Key Features
Number of Pages392 Pages
Publication NameItalian Cinema Book
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFilm / General, Italian, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year2013
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorPeter Bondanella
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Performing Arts
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight38.9 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width7.4 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Reviews'It is not so much the subject matter that is original, but the approach: the spirit of 'rethinking' that informs each of the contributions. The book reflects the current state of scholarship on cinema with references to popular research models in the field such as cinema historiography (Brunetta, Welle), transnational cinema (O'Healy, Rascaroli), and political approaches (Bonsaver, Gili, Gundle). It also addresses canonical topics in the field, such as feminism and the representation of women (Dalle Vacche, Hipkins, Small), psychoanalytic theory (Koven, Vighi), film genre (Wood, Zagarrio), star studies (Landy, O'Rawe), and reception studies (Brizio-Skov, Forgacs, Sorlin). The book is well illustrated by frame shots, photographs, movie posters, and advertisements. It includes a useful extended bibliography of suggested reading at end of book. The collection gives a clear account of the current state of the art, and in some case refocuses debates. In this sense, it is a useful resource for both researchers and students of all levels.' - LSE Review of Books, An extraordinary celebration of the rich history of Italian film studies, and a vital reference point for students and researchers alike., A beautifully produced volume. This is a publication that beckons us readers to enter its pages, and we do so eagerly and most willingly. Seeing Peter Bondanella's name as editor on the cover is a sure guarantee of quality, adding to the immediate appeal of the volume. Bondanella is not a scholar who is content to rest on his most deserved laurels; rather, he has always sought to keep up with what passing time brings: new films, new critical and theoretical approaches, new ways of doing film history and history tout court. [This book] is assuredly shaped throughout by Bondanella's deep and wide expertise not only in the choice of the topics covered or the organization of the volume; but also in the thoughtful selection of diverse contributions whose approaches and conclusions create many instances of implicit debate, even dissonance, as to what precisely doing film history, theory and interpretation might in fact mean at this temporal juncture..., It is not so much the subject matter that is original, but the approach: the spirit of 'rethinking' that informs each of the contributions. The book reflects the current state of scholarship on cinema with references to popular research models and canonical topics in the field. The book is well illustrated by frame shots, photographs, movie posters, and advertisements. It includes a useful extended bibliography of suggested reading at end of book. The collection gives a clear account of the current state of the art, and in some case refocuses debates. In this sense, it is a useful resource for both researchers and students of all levels.
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.430945
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Notes on Contributors General Introduction: Rethinking Italian Cinema; Peter Bondanella PART I: THE SILENT ERA Introduction; Peter Bondanella 1. Silent Italian Cinema: An International Story; Giorgio Bertellini 2. The Beginnings of Film Stardom and the Print Media of Divismo; John P. Welle 3. The Diva-Film: Context, Actresses, Issues; Angela Dalle Vacche 4. Italian Silent Film Genres: Comics, Serials, Historical Epics, and Strongmen; Jacqueline Reich PART II: THE BIRTH OF THE TALKIES AND THE FASCIST ERA Introduction; Peter Bondanella 5. Fascism and Italian Cinema; David Forgacs 6. Italian 'Matinee Idols' in the Era of the Talkies; Marcia Landy 7. The First 'Comedy, Italian Style': Blasetti, Camerini, and De Sica; Vito Zagarrio 8. Censorship from the Fascist Period to the Present; Guido Bonsaver PART III: POSTWAR CINEMATIC CULTURE: REALISM AND BEYOND Introduction; Peter Bondanella 9. Neorealism and Left-Wing Culture; Stephen Gundle 10. Cityscapes and Cinematic Space; Mark Shiel 11. Dislocated Spaces for New Thought: Paths of Nomadic Wandering in Neorealist Film and Literature; Torunn Haaland 12. Seeing Anew: Children in Italian Cinema, 1944 to the Present; Giovanna De Luca 13. Forgotten Sisters: Italian Cinema from the Perspective of Female Friendship; Danielle Hipkins 14. The Maggiorata or 'Sweater Girl' of the 1950s Mangano, Lollobrigida, Loren; Pauline Small 15. Hollywood and Italy: Industries and Fantasies; Robert S. C. Gordon PART IV: THE GOLDEN AGE OF ITALIAN CINEMA Introduction; Peter Bondanella 16. Material Dreams: Costume and Couture Italian Style From Hollywood on the Tiber to the Italian Screen; Réka Buckley 17. Italian Film Music; M. Thomas Van Order 18. Production Around 1960; Christopher Wagstaff 19. The Muscle-Man Peplum: From Hercules (1958) to Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965); Jon Solomon 20. Mondo cane and the Invention of the 'Shockumentary'; Gino Moliterno 21. Spaghetti Westerns and Their Audience; Flavia Brizio-Skov 22. Chronicles of a Hastened Modernization: The Cynical Eye of the Commedia all'italiana; Rémi Fournier Lanzoni 23. The Political Film; Gaetana Marrone 24. The Giallo and the 'Spaghetti Nightmare' Film; Mikel J. Koven 25. European Co-Productions: the Italian Response to the Hollywood Studio System; Jean A. Gili 26. How the Italians Happened to Cherish and Then to Disdain Their Cinema; Pierre Sorlin PART V: AN AGE OF CRISIS, TRANSITION, AND CONSOLIDATION Introduction; Peter Bondanella 27. Scriptwriting, Italian Style: Scriptwriting for Fellini; Gianfranco Angelucci 28. Modern Mob Movies: Twenty Years of Gangsters on the Italian Screen; Dana Renga 29. Screening Terrorism: Cinematic Portrayals of the Italian Armed Struggle; Giancarlo Lombardi 30. Italian Cinema and Holocaust Memory; Millicent Marcus 31. Italian National Cinema: The Cinepanettone; Alan O'Leary 32. Stars and Masculinity in Contemporary Italian Cinema; Catherine O'Rawe 33. Women Behind the Camera: New Horizons in Contemporary Cinema; Flavia Laviosa PART VI: NEW DIRECTIONS IN CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ITALIAN CINEMA Introduction; Peter Bondanella 34. Italian Cinema in the Post-National Age; Laura Rascaroli 35. Postcolonial Theory and Italy's 'Multicultural' Cinema; Áine O'Healy 36. Genre Theory and Mario Bava's Cinema; Mary Wood 37. The Unwanted Guest: Some Remarks on Italian Cinema's Love Affair with Psychoanalysis; Fabio Vighi 38. Fellini and Contemporary International Cinema; Peter Bondanella 39. The Heritage of the Past and New Frontiers for the History of the Italian Cinema; Gian Piero Brunetta Select Bibliography on the Italian Cinema Index
SynopsisTHE ITALIAN CINEMA BOOK is an essential guide to the most important historical, aesthetic and cultural aspects of Italian cinema, from 1895 to the present day. With contributions from 39 leading international scholars, the book is structured around six chronologically organised sections: THE SILENT ERA (1895-22) THE BIRTH OF THE TALKIES AND THE FASCIST ERA (1922-45) POSTWAR CINEMATIC CULTURE (1945-59) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ITALIAN CINEMA (1960-80) AN AGE OF CRISIS, TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATION (1981 TO THE PRESENT) NEW DIRECTIONS IN CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ITALIAN CINEMA Acutely aware of the contemporary 'rethinking' of Italian cinema history, Peter Bondanella has brought together a diverse range of essays which represent the cutting edge of Italian film theory and criticism. This provocative collection will provide the film student, scholar or enthusiast with a comprehensive understanding of the major developments in what might be called twentieth-century Italy's greatest and most original art form., THEITALIAN CINEMA BOOK is an essential guide to the most important historical, aesthetic and cultural aspects of Italian cinema, from 1895 to the present day. With contributions from 39 leading international scholars, the book is structured around six chronologically organised sections: THE SILENT ERA (1895 22) THE BIRTH OF THE TALKIES AND THE FASCIST ERA (1922 45) POSTWAR CINEMATIC CULTURE (1945 59) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ITALIAN CINEMA (1960 80) AN AGE OF CRISIS, TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATION (1981 TO THE PRESENT) NEW DIRECTIONS IN CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ITALIAN CINEMA Acutely aware of the contemporary 'rethinking' of Italian cinema history, Peter Bondanella has brought together a diverse range of essays which represent the cutting edge of Italian film theory and criticism. This provocative collection will provide the film student, scholar or enthusiast with a comprehensive understanding of the major developments in what might be called twentieth-century Italy's greatest and most original art form. ", A comprehensive guide to the key genres, movements, filmmakers, and stars of Italian cinema over the past century. This book brings together the most distinguished scholars, critics and film historians in the field to consider a number of historical, cultural, and theoretical issues, alongside detailed exploration of case studies and key texts., THE ITALIAN CINEMA BOOK is an essential guide to the most important historical, aesthetic and cultural aspects of Italian cinema, from 1895 to the present day. With contributions from 39 leading international scholars, the book is structured around six chronologically organised sections: THE SILENT ERA (1895-22) THE BIRTH OF THE TALKIES AND THE FASCIST ERA (1922-45) POSTWAR CINEMATIC CULTURE (1945-59) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ITALIAN CINEMA (1960-80) AN AGE OF CRISIS, TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATION (1981 TO THE PRESENT) NEW DIRECTIONS IN CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ITALIAN CINEMA Acutely aware of the contemporary 'rethinking' of Italian cinema history, Peter Bondanella has brought together a diverse range of essays which represent the cutting edge of Italian film theory and criticism. This provocative collection will provide the film student, scholar or enthusiast with a comprehensive understanding of the major developments in what might be called twentieth-century Italy's greatest and most original art form.
LC Classification NumberPN1993-PN1999
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