The body in the mirror : shapes of history in Italian cinema / Angela Dalle Vacche
- Bib ID:
- 1574140
- Format:
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- Author:
- Dalle Vacche, Angela, 1954-
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- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1992
- xvii, 306 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0691055661 (alkaline paper)
- 0691008728 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- Introduction. The Body in the Mirror. Shapes of History
- Ch. 1. Fascism Before World War I, After World War I, and After World War II. Unity, Continuity, and Kitsch. Continuity: From a Silent to a Fascist Screen. Kitsch and the Arts. From the Athlete to the Statue to the Phantom. Body Builders and Beauty Queens
- Ch. 2. Fascism After May 1968. Operatic Macrohistory in Crisis. Representation, Spectacle, Performance. Ideology, Consent, Subjectivity. The Statue and the Dancer
- Ch. 3. The Risorgimento Before World War II. Unity, Continuity, and Nationalism. Unity, Continuity, and Sources
- Ch. 4. The Risorgimento After World War II. Unity and Continuity in the Risorgimento. Risorgimento as Melodrama. The Body Politic and the Body Erotic: The Battle of the Sexes and the Oedipal Plot
- Ch. 5. The Risorgimento After May 1968. Unity, Continuity, and Utopia. The Tavianis' Redoing of Senso in Allonsanfan. History as Discontinuity and the Feminine as Utopia.
- Ch. 6. The Resistance After World War II and After May 1968. The Eucharistic Body of Neorealism. Unity and Continuity in the Resistance. Disunity in History. Discontinuity in History. Biology, History, and Utopia. From Historical Discontinuity to Biological Continuity. Operatic Macrohistory, Comedic Microhistory
- Ch. 7. Antifascism After May 1968. Unity and Continuity in Antifascism. Antifascism and Comedic Microhistory at a Standstill. The Statue and the Dancer, Father and Son, Body as Monument, and Body as Document. The Battle of the Sexes. Mother or Mistress
- Conclusion. Nouvelle Histoire, Italian Style. From the Commedia dell'Arte to Late Neorealism. French Insights on Postwar and Recent Italian Cinema. Gestures and History in Neorealism, Tradition of Quality, and Nouvelle Vague. Nouvelle Histoire, Italian Style.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-300) and index.
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