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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791997403321

Autore

Marlow-Mann Alex

Titolo

The new Neapolitan cinema [[electronic resource] /] / Alex Marlow-Mann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-7486-5121-7

0-7486-7944-8

1-283-10040-1

9786613100405

0-7486-4544-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Traditions in world cinema

Classificazione

24.32

Disciplina

791.436

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Italy - Naples - History

Motion pictures - Italy - History

Napels (stad)

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, filmography, and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE; GLOSSARY; TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA; INTRODUCTION; 1. NEAPOLITAN CINEMA AND THE ITALIAN FILM INDUSTRY; 2. CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NEAPOLITAN FORMULA; 3. ESTRANEI ALLA MASSA: THE NEW NEAPOLITAN CINEMA AND THE CRISIS OF NAPOLETANITÀ; 4. GOLD AND DUST: HYBRIDITY, POSTMODERNISM AND THE LEGACY OF NEAPOLITAN NARRATIVE; 5. SYMBOLIC POLITICS: THE NEAPOLITAN RENAISSANCE AND THE POLITICS OF THE NEW NEAPOLITAN CINEMA; CONCLUSION; APPENDICES; FILMOGRAPHY; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The New Neapolitan Cinema provides close analysis of the whole of this movement, which stands as one of the most vital and stimulating currents in contemporary European Cinema.