| Acting Across Borders: Mobility and Identity in Italian Cinema Contributor(s): Zambenedetti, Alberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474439861 ISBN-13: 9781474439862 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Acting & Auditioning - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.16 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Studying the careers of popular actors Amedeo Nazzari and Alberto Sordi, Acting Across Borders explores the question of how Italian cinema from the 1930s to 1980s has considered human mobility. Through close readings of a selection of films, Alberto Zambenedetti examines the concept of italianità (Italian-ness) as manifested in contexts related to migration, diaspora, exile, tourism, travel and their supporting infrastructures. In this wide-ranging study, the methodologies of Film Studies and the Mobilities Framework are combined to illuminate an undertheorised yet vital tradition in the history of the national cinema. |