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Portrait of the artist and his mother in twentieth-century Italian culture
- Title
- Portrait of the artist and his mother in twentieth-century Italian culture / Daniela Bini.
- Author
- Bini, Daniela, 1945-
- Publication
- Vancouver ; Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
- ©2021
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- Description
- x, 237 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The power exercised by the mother on the son in Mediterranean cultures has been amply studied. Italy is a special case in the Modern Era and the phenomenon of Mammismo italiano is indeed well known. Scholars have traced this obsession with the mother figure to the Catholic cult of the Virgin Mary, but in fact, it is much more ancient. What has not been adequately addressed however, is how Mammismo italiano has been manifested in complex ways in various modern artistic forms. 'Portrait of the Artist and His Mother in Twentieth-Century Italian Culture' focuses on case studies of five prominent creative personalities, representing different, sometimes overlapping artistic genres (Luigi Pirandello, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Dino Buzzati, Carlo Levi, Federico Fellini). The author examines how the mother-son relationship not only affected, but actually shaped their work. Although the analysis uses mainly a psychological and psychoanalytical critical approach, the belief of the author, substantiated by some historians, anthropologists and sociologists, is that historical and cultural conditions contributed to and reinforced the Italian character. 0The book concludes with an analysis of some examples of Italian film comedies, such as Fellini's and Monicelli's where mammismo/vitellonismo is treated with a lighter tone and a pointed self irony.
- Series Statement
- The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
- Uniform Title
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Maternity and Sexuality -- 2. Pasolini's Poetry -- 3. Carlo Levi and the Great Mother -- 4. Dino Buzzati -- 5. Fellini, or Cinema as Woman -- 6. Filming the Vitelloni.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-6683
- ISBN
- 9781683932574
- 1683932579
- OCLC
- 1225910237
- Author
- Bini, Daniela, 1945- author.
- Title
- Portrait of the artist and his mother in twentieth-century Italian culture / Daniela Bini.
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian StudiesFairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-6683