The mirage of America in contemporary Italian literature and film / / Barbara Alfano
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| Autore: |
Alfano Barbara
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| Titolo: |
The mirage of America in contemporary Italian literature and film / / Barbara Alfano
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2013 |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 853.009/3273 |
| Soggetto topico: | Italian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
| Italian fiction - 21st century - History and criticism | |
| Italian literature - American influences | |
| Motion pictures - Italy - History and criticism | |
| Motion pictures, Italian - History and criticism | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States In literature |
| United States In motion pictures | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Wandering Subjects -- 2. America Ubiqua -- 3. On a Trip to America: The "I" Travels -- 4. American Arcadia -- 5. Historicizing the Dream: A Documented Eye on America -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index of Names and Titles |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Mirage of America in Contemporary Italian Literature and Film explores the use of images associated with the United States in Italian novels and films released between the 1980s and the 2000s. In this study, Barbara Alfano looks at the ways in which the individuals portrayed in these works - and the intellectuals who created them - confront the cultural construct of the American myth. As Alfano demonstrates, this myth is an integral part of Italians' discourse to define themselves culturally - in essence, Italian intellectuals talk about America often for the purpose of talking about Italy.The book draws attention to the importance of Italian literature and film as explorations of an individual's ethics, and to how these productions allow for functioning across cultures. It thus differentiates itself from other studies on the subject that aim at establishing the relevance and influence of American culture on Italian twentieth-century artistic representations. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The mirage of America in contemporary Italian literature and film |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-9911-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464218303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Toronto Italian studies.