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Women, desire, and power in Italian cinema

Title
Women, desire, and power in Italian cinema / Marga Cottino-Jones.
Author
Cottino-Jones, Marga.
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Description
254 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Italian and Italian American studies
Uniform Title
Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subject
  • Motion pictures > Italy > History > 20th century
  • Women in motion pictures
  • Femininity in motion pictures
  • Motion pictures and women > Italy
  • Feminism and motion pictures > Italy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Cabiria: women in the Italian colossals -- Women-as-spectacle in love-story films: the dramma passionale versus the melodrama genre and the phenomenon of divismo -- "Mothers of Italy": the legacy of fascism in Italian cinema -- Women in neorealist cinema -- A woman's search for change and meaningful relationships in the films of the 1950s -- Women and men as victims of violence and alienation int he films of the 1960s -- The sexual power game and its impact on women and men in the films of the 1970s -- Decentering the masculine and spotlighting the feminine in films of the 1980s -- Female agency in the films of the 1990s.
Call Number
MFL 10-3218
ISBN
  • 9780230622876
  • 0230622879
OCLC
406162499
Author
Cottino-Jones, Marga.
Title
Women, desire, and power in Italian cinema / Marga Cottino-Jones.
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
Italian and Italian American studies
Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Research Call Number
MFL 10-3218
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