Italian women filmmakers and the gendered screen / edited by Maristella Cantini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cantini, Maristella.

Series:

Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Italian and Italian American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the motion picture industry--Italy.

Women in the motion picture industry.

Women motion picture producers and directors--Italy--Interviews.

Women motion picture producers and directors.

Motion pictures--Italy.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures and women.

Italy.

Motion pictures and women--Italy.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 284 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Feminism in Italy has left a great area of investigation uncovered, buried under the pressure of a backlash that runs over women's identity, their expectations, and their artistic expression. Featuring essays by top scholars and interviews with acclaimed directors, this book examines Italian women's authorship in film and their visions of reality. This anthology unites artists such as Lina Wertmuller, Liliana Cavani, Alina Marazzi, Ilaria Borrelli, and Francesca Comencini with intellectuals such as Dacia Maraini and Patrizia Carrano, two groundbreaking Italian writers whose work has been dedicated to the tireless defense of women's literature and cinema, from a perspective of continuity with past issues and openness towards the more complex gender challenges of today. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I

1 Napoli Terra d'Amore: The Eye on the Screen of Elvira Notari / Chiara Ricci Ricci, Chiara 15

2 Grotesque Bodies, Fragmented Selves: Lina Wertmüller's Women in Love and Anarchy (1973) / Claudia Consolati Consolati, Claudia 33

3 Don't Bring a Gun to a Fistfight: Deconstructing. Hegemonic Masculinity through the Gun in Lina Wertmüller's Pasqualino Settebellezze / Lidia Hwa Soon Anchisi Hopkins Hopkins, Lidia Hwa Soon Anchisi, Luke Cuculis Cuculis, Luke 53

4 Adventurous Identities: Cavani's Thematic Imaginary / Gaetana Marrone Marrone, Gaetana 73

5 Healing the Daughter's Body in Francesca Archibugi's II Grande Cocomero / Daniela De Pau Pau, Daniela De 89

6 Motherhood Revisited in Francesca Comencini's Lo Spazio Bianco / Claudia Karagoz Karagoz, Claudia 103

7 Women in the Deserted City: Urban Space in Marina Spada's Cinema / Laura Di Bianco Bianco, Laura Di 121

8 Envisioning Our Mother's Face: Reading Alina Marazzi's Un'ora sola ti vorrei and Vogliamo anche le rose / Cristina Gamberi Gamberi, Cristina 149

9 Alina Marazzi's Women: A Director in Search of Herself through a Female Genealogy / Fabiana Cecchini Cecchini, Fabiana 173

10 Angela/o and the Gender Disruption of Masculine Society in Purple Sea / Anita Virga Virga, Anita 195

11 Ilaria Borrelli: Cinema and Postfeminism / Maristella Cantini Cantini, Maristella 209

Part II

12 Skype Interview with Alina Marazzi (June 2012) / Cristina Gamberi Gamberi, Cristina 231

13 Interview with Marina Spada (Milan, June 2012) / Laura Di Bianco Bianco, Laura Di 237

14 Interview with Alice Rohrwacher (Rome, June 2012) / Laura Di Bianco Bianco, Laura Di 247

15 Interview with Paola Randi (Rome, June 2012) / Laura Di Bianco Bianco, Laura Di 253

16 Interview with Costanza Quatriglio (July 2012) / Giovanna Summerfield Summerfield, Giovanna 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137336507

1137336501

OCLC:

851572831