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Screening religions in Italy : contemporary Italian cinema and television in the post-secular public sphere / Clodagh J. Brook.
LIBRA PN1993.5.I88 B76 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brook, Clodagh J., author.
- Series:
- Toronto Italian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Italy.
- Motion pictures.
- Italy.
- Television programs--Italy.
- Television programs.
- Religion in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 180 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This is the first book-length study to address the question of religion in contemporary Italian cinema and television. It questions why religion persists on Italian screens and how this reflects and constructs Italy's emerging post-secularity."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 The Space for Religious Filmmaking: Policy and Infrastructures p. 23
- 2 The Persistence of Religion on Screen: Icons, Rituals, and the Arts p. 47
- 3 Countercultural Catholic Values in the Public Sphere p. 65
- 4 Protest in the Public Sphere: The Shifting Line between Religious and Secular Space p. 87
- 5 Voicing the Religious Other: Assimilation, Horror, Resolution p. 115.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781487503475
- 1487503474
- OCLC:
- 1089007692
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