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Author:   Dom Holdaway ,  Filippo Trentin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781848933491

ISBN 10:   1848933495
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 May 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Rome, Postmodern Narratives of a Cityscape, Dom Holdaway, Filippo Trentin; Chapter 1 Between Rome’s Walls: Notes on the Role and Reception of the Aurelian Walls, Marco Cavietti; Chapter 2 The Explosion of Rome in the Fragments of a Postmodern Iconography: Federico Fellini and the Forma Urbis, Fabio Benincasa; Chapter 3 Centre, Hinterland and the Articulation of ‘Romanness’ in Recent Italian Film, Lesley Caldwell; Chapter 4 Topophilia and Other Roman Perversions: On Bertolucci’s La Luna, John David Rhodes; Chapter 5 Marcus Aurelius and the Ara Pacis: Notes on the Notion of ‘Origin’ in Contemporary Rome, Filippo Trentin; Chapter 6 A Postmodern Gaze on the Gasometer, Keala Jewell; Chapter 7 Ecclesiastical Icons: Defining Rome Through Architectural Exchange, James Robertson; Chapter 8 ‘Roma Interrotta’: Postmodern Rome as the Source of Fragmented Narratives, Léa-Catherine Szacka; Chapter 9 Las Vegas by Way of Rome: The Eternal City and American Postmodernism, Richard W. Hayes;

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'This collection of essays by scholars of literature, film, architecture and history retains an absolutely rigorous focus on the postmodernism of a city that may, at first or any glance, seem to resist such a label.' Karen Pinkus, Cornell University

"'The essays collected here all contribute to a positive redefinition of Rome: by unanchoring Rome from its past, they pave the way for a wider investigation of the city. Rome has been elevated from a model of ""classicity"" to a model of postmodernity for postmodern cities.' Colloquy 'offers an engaging exploration of Rome ... The reader who has never visited Rome will feel compelled to do it. The one who has already visited it will wish to do it again, in order to savour it in a new way.' Nordicum-Mediterraneum 'This collection of essays by scholars of literature, film, architecture and history retains an absolutely rigorous focus on the postmodernism of a city that may, at first or any glance, seem to resist such a label.' Karen Pinkus, Cornell University"

'The essays collected here all contribute to a positive redefinition of Rome: by unanchoring Rome from its past, they pave the way for a wider investigation of the city. Rome has been elevated from a model of classicity to a model of postmodernity for postmodern cities.' Colloquy 'offers an engaging exploration of Rome ... The reader who has never visited Rome will feel compelled to do it. The one who has already visited it will wish to do it again, in order to savour it in a new way.' Nordicum-Mediterraneum 'This collection of essays by scholars of literature, film, architecture and history retains an absolutely rigorous focus on the postmodernism of a city that may, at first or any glance, seem to resist such a label.' Karen Pinkus, Cornell University

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