The mirage of America in contemporary Italian literature and film / Barbara Alfano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alfano, Barbara, author.

Series:

Toronto Italian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Italian fiction.

Italian fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Italian literature--American influences.

Italian literature.

Motion pictures--Italy--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures, Italian.

Italy.

History.

Motion pictures, Italian--History and criticism.

United States--In literature.

United States.

United States--In motion pictures.

Physical Description:

viii, 190 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]

Contents:

1 Wandering Subjects 30

The "I" at Wonder in Caro diario and Sogni mancini 30

The Moralizing "I" of Nanni Moretti 30

Caro diario: The Glue of Irony between Stupor and Stupidity 36

Identities in absentia in Sogni mancini 41

2 America Ubiqua 58

Displacing the Continent 58

The Site of City: A Global Explosion 60

The Ethical Space of City's Subjects 68

Non ci resta che piangere: The Counter-Enterprise 71

Lamerica 77

3 On a Trip to America: The "I" Travels 85

Setting Out for the Self 85

Treno di panna, a Train That Goes Nowhere 87

Baudrillard's Amérique and Giovanni's America: The Desert Explained and Exposed 96

Staging the Insignificant 98

4 American Arcadia 110

An "I" on Intellectual and Civil Engagement 110

Alter Ego: The Narrator 111

Et in Arcadia Ego 119

Love and Endings in Arcadia 125

Arcadia Responds 128

5 Historicizing the Dream: A Documented Eye on America 133

A New Perspective 133

Vita 135

The Dream of the Fathers 138

Nuovomondo 142

The American Dream and Globalization 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-187) and index.

ISBN:

1442644052

9781442644052

OCLC:

854469421