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200 10$aBeauty and the beast$b[electronic resource] $eItalianness in British cinema /$fElisabetta Girelli
210   $aBristol ;$aChicago, IL $cIntellect$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (186 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-84150-244-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and filmography.
327   $aFront Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Abstract; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: History and Representation of Italian Immigrants in Britain; Chapter 2: Italianness in 1940's British Cinema; Chapter 3: Italianness and Masculinity in 1950's British Cinema; Chapter 4: The New Italian Glamour: Italian Film Stars in British Cinema from the Early 1950's to the Mid-1960's; Chapter 5: Italianness, British Cinema, and Thatcherism; Conclusion; Filmography; Works Cited; Back Cover
330   $aRecent years have seen an increased interest in issues of national identity and representation, and cinema is a major medium where strands and layers of representational systems come together in cross-cultural dialogues. Beauty and the Beast provides an account of the specific development of depictions of Italy and the Italians in British cinema. Girelli draws upon cultural and social history to assess the ongoing function of "Italianness" in British film, and its crucial role in defining and challenging British national identity. Drawing on British literary and filmic tradition to analyse the
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606   $aItalians in motion pictures
606   $aItalians$xForeign public opinion, British
607   $aItaly$xIn motion pictures
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615  0$aItalians in motion pictures.
615  0$aItalians$xForeign public opinion, British.
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