Description
| Product ID: | 9781793611567 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Media, Culture, and the Arts |
| Title: | Italian Americans on Screen |
| Subtitle: | Challenging the Past, Re-Theorizing the Future |
| Authors: | Author: Alan J. Gravano, Ryan Calabretta-Sajder |
| Page Count: | 254 |
| Subjects: | Film history, theory or criticism, Film theory & criticism, Media studies, Media studies, Italy, USA |
| Description: | This book challenges past definitions of Italian American cinema and media studies by introducing fresh critical models into the discourse. Proposing new intersectional debates about ethnic identity, including race, class, gender, and sexuality studies, contributors establish new interpretations concerning Italian Americans on screen. Italian Americans on Screen: Challenging the Past, Re-Theorizing the Future reconsiders Robert Casillo’s definition of Italian-American cinema as “appl[ying] to works by Italian-American directors who treat Italian-American subjects” to expand this classification. Contributors situate Italian-American cinema and media within the contemporary and intersectional debates about ethnic identity, including race, class, gender, and sexuality studies. This book links past scholarship to theoretical underpinnings with new hermeneutical approaches in television and film to establish new interpretations concerning Italian Americans on screen. Scholars of film studies, media studies, cultural studies, and sociology will find this book particularly useful. |
| Imprint Name: | Lexington Books |
| Publisher Name: | Lexington Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-15 |
