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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779369403321

Autore

Barattoni Luca

Titolo

Italian post-neorealist cinema [[electronic resource] /] / Luca Barattoni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-83732-3

0-7486-5073-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Traditions in World Cinema

Traditions in world cinema

Classificazione

AP 44939

Disciplina

791.430945

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Italy - History

Realism in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA; INTRODUCTION; 1. HISTORIC, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND; 2. THE NEW WAVE PROPER/ITALIAN STYLE DEBATE AND THE EXPLOSION OF NATIONAL CINEMAS; 3. THE AESTHETICS EMERGING AFTER THE WAR; 4. IDEOLOGICAL PERIMETERS: THE CATHOLIC-MARXIST PROTOCOL; 5. NEGOTIATING MODERNITY: THE ETHICS OF DISORIENTATION AND ENTRENCHMENT; 6. REIMAGINING NATIONAL IDENTITY; 7. BEHAVIORAL CODES AND SEXUAL MORES; CONCLUSION: THE MISSING ITALY AND ITS MISSING CINEMA TODAY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FURTHER READING; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings to the surface the lines of experimentation and artistic renewal appearing after the exhaustion of Neorealism, mapping complex areas of interest such as the emergence of ethical concerns, the relationship between ideology and representation, and the role of Italian counter-culture.