Pinocchio, puppets and modernity : the mechanical body / / edited by Katia Pizzi
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| Titolo: |
Pinocchio, puppets and modernity : the mechanical body / / edited by Katia Pizzi
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.93356 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civilization, Modern, in literature |
| Literature and technology - History - 19th century | |
| Literature and technology - History - 20th century | |
| Mechanization in literature | |
| Pinocchio (Fictitious character) | |
| Puppets in literature | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
PizziKatia
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Pinocchio, puppets and modernity : the mechanical body; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Bibliographical Note; Note on Translations; Introduction; Chapter 1 : Carlo Collodi and the Rhythmical Body: Between Giuseppe Mazzini and George Sand; Chapter 2 : Puppets on a String: The Unnatural History of Human Reproduction; Chapter 3 : Workshops of Creation, Filthy and Not: Collodi's Pinocchio and Shelley's Frankenstein; Chapter 4 : The Manufacture of a Modern Puppet Type: The Anatomy of Alfred Jarry's Monsieur Ubu and its Signifi cance |
| Chapter 5 Man is Non-Man: Mannequins, Puppets and Marionettes in the Theatre of Dario FoChapter 6 : Unpainting Collodi's Fireplace; Chapter 7 : Pinocchio and the Mechanical Body: Luciano Folgore's Papers at the Getty Research Institute Library; Chapter 8 : The Myth of Pinocchio: Metamorphosis of a Puppet from Collodi's Pages to the Screen; Chapter 9 : The Watchful Mirror: Pinocchio's Adventures Re-created by Roberto Benigni; Chapter 10 : Beyond the Mechanical Body: Digital Pinocchio; List of Contributors; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This study assesses the significance of Pinocchio in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in addition to his status as the creature of a nineteenth century traversed by a cultural enthusiasm for dummies, puppets, and marionettes. This collection identifies him as a figure characterized by a 'fluid identity,' informed with transition, difference, joie de vivre, otherness, displacement, and metamorphosis, making Pinocchio a truly modern, indeed postmodern and posthuman, cultural icon. Pinocchio, Puppets and Modernity explores this crucial and as yet little visited field, reassess |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pinocchio, puppets and modernity |
| ISBN: | 1-283-46208-7 |
| 9786613462084 | |
| 1-136-62050-8 | |
| 0-203-67978-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457666303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Children's literature and culture.