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A Companion to Italian Cinema
Contributor(s): Burke, Frank (Editor)
ISBN: 1444332287     ISBN-13: 9781444332285
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $208.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Dewey: 791.430
LCCN: 2016037504
Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.9" W x 9.6" (2.55 lbs) 648 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

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