Popular Italian Cinema (e-bog) af Flavia Brizio-Skov, Brizio-Skov

Popular Italian Cinema e-bog

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With its monsters, vampires and cowboys, Italian popular culture in the postwar period has generally been dismissed as a form of evasion or escapism. Here, four international scholars re-examine and reinterpret the era to show that popular Italian cinema was not only in tune with contemporary political and social trends, it also presaged the turmoil and rebellion of the 1960s and 1970s. Their a...
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Forfattere Flavia Brizio-Skov, Brizio-Skov (forfatter)
Forlag I.B. Tauris
Udgivet 30 oktober 2011
Længde 320 sider
Genrer 1DST
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780857720979
With its monsters, vampires and cowboys, Italian popular culture in the postwar period has generally been dismissed as a form of evasion or escapism. Here, four international scholars re-examine and reinterpret the era to show that popular Italian cinema was not only in tune with contemporary political and social trends, it also presaged the turmoil and rebellion of the 1960s and 1970s. Their analysis of peplum (or 'sword and sandal') films, horror films, spaghetti westerns and comedy Italian-style shows how genre cinema reflected the changes wrought by modernization, urbanization, consumerist culture and the sexual revolution. With striking insights into the links between popular culture and politics, this book will be indispensable for specialists in film and media studies, Italian and cultural studies, as well as social history.