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Italian Motherhood on Screen /

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 respon...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Faleschini Lerner, Giovanna; D Amelio, Maria Elena
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Italian and Italian American Studies
Subjects:
Culture > Study and teaching
Ethnology > Europe
Motion pictures > European influences
Motion pictures > History
Sociology
Sex Psychology
Gender expression
Gender identity
Cultural and Media Studies
European Cinema
European Culture
Film History
Gender Studies
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56675-7
Summary: 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 volu
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(XIII,293pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319566757
Index Number: PN1993
CLC: J905.5
Contents: Introduction: Italian Motherhood on Screen. Maria Elena D Amelio and Giovanna Faleschini Lerner -- 2: In the Name of the Mother. Marcia Landy -- 3: Maternal Ambivalence in Contemporary Italian Cinema. Bernadette Luciano and Susanna Scarparo -- 4: A Bad Mother and a Small Heap of Bones: Claudia Karagoz -- 5: Rich Wives, Poor Mothers: Giorgio Galbussera -- 6: Mothers at a Loss: Francesco Pascuzzi -- 7: Acquaintance with Grief: Stefania Benini -- 8: Francesca Comencini s Single Moms and Italian Family Law. Letizia Bellocchio -- 9: Gy-neology and Genealogy of a Female Filmmaker. Silvia Carlorosi

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