Overview
Written by leading figures in the field, A Companion to Italian Cinema re-maps Italian cinema studies, employing new perspectives on traditional issues, and fresh theoretical approaches to the exciting history and field of Italian cinema. Offers new approaches to Italian cinema, whose importance in the post-war period was unrivalled Presents a theory based approach to historical and archival material Includes work by both established and more recent scholars, with new takes on traditional critical issues, and new theoretical approaches to the exciting history and field of Italian cinema Covers recent issues such as feminism, stardom, queer cinema, immigration and postcolonialism, self-reflexivity and postmodernism, popular genre cinema, and digitalization A comprehensive collection of essays addressing the prominent films, directors and cinematic forms of Italian cinema, which will become a standard resource for academic and non-academic purposes alike
Full Product Details
Author: Frank Burke (Queens University) ,
Peter Brunette
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:
Width: 17.50cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 24.90cm
Weight: 1.157kg
ISBN: 9781444332285
ISBN 10: 1444332287
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 02 June 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Burke’s meticulous editing forges fertile connections between the Canadian and American academies and those in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Also, Marco Vanelli Veronica Pravadelli, Stefania Parigi, Sandra Lischi and Christian Uva provide perspectives from Italian universities, resulting overall in a thorough, comprehensive overview of English language scholarship on Italian cinema."" Matthew Griffith - Harvard University Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies, Volume 7 Number 1"
Burke's meticulous editing forges fertile connections between the Canadian and American academies and those in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Also, Marco Vanelli Veronica Pravadelli, Stefania Parigi, Sandra Lischi and Christian Uva provide perspectives from Italian universities, resulting overall in a thorough, comprehensive overview of English language scholarship on Italian cinema. Matthew Griffith - Harvard University Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies, Volume 7 Number 1
""Burke’s meticulous editing forges fertile connections between the Canadian and American academies and those in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Also, Marco Vanelli Veronica Pravadelli, Stefania Parigi, Sandra Lischi and Christian Uva provide perspectives from Italian universities, resulting overall in a thorough, comprehensive overview of English language scholarship on Italian cinema."" Matthew Griffith - Harvard University Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies, Volume 7 Number 1
Author Information
Frank Burke is Professor Emeritus of Film at Queen's University, Canada. He is the author of Fellini's Films: From Postwar to Postmodern (1996) and Federico Fellini: Variety Lights to Dolce Vita (1984) and has co-edited Federico Fellini: Contemporary Perspectives (with Marguerite R. Waller, 2002). He has produced over 100 publications, keynote addresses, invited lectures, and special sessions on Italian and North American cinema, and has edited for the Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory and Literature/Film Quarterly.
