Screen LibraryWomen, desire, and power in Italian cinema
"Cottino-Jones is to be applauded for her huge undertaking: an examination of a hundred years of Italian cinema through the lens of the representation of women. This is an important and necessary study that brings into relief, among other topics, the issue of stardom in order to tackle the issu...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Italian and Italian American studies |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230105485 |
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"Cottino-Jones is to be applauded for her huge undertaking: an examination of a hundred years of Italian cinema through the lens of the representation of women. This is an important and necessary study that brings into relief, among other topics, the issue of stardom in order to tackle the issue of female representation." - Giorgio Bertellini, author of Italy in Early American Cinema and editor of The Cinema of Italy "Cottino-Jones's long awaited Women, Desire, and Power in Italian Cinema is a clear, compelling, and innovative study which offers an exciting paradigm for examining women's iss |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 264 p. |
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9780230622876 9780230105485 : 0230105483 : |
| CLC: | J90 |
| Contents: | Introduction * Cabiria: Women in the Italian Colossals * Woman-as-Spectacle in Love Story Films * "Mothers of Italy": the Legacy of Fascism in Italian Cinema * Women in Neorealism * A Woman's Search for Change and Meaningful Relationships in the Films of the Fifties * Women and Men as Victims of Violence and Alienation in the Films of the Sixties * The Sexual Power Game and its Impact on Women and Men in the Films of the Seventies * Decentering the Masculine and Spotlighting the Feminine in Films of the Eighties * "Female Agency" in the Films of the Nineties * Concluding Remarks. |