A Companion to Italian Cinema [Hardcover]

Written by leading figures in the field, A Companion to Italian Cinema re-maps Italian cinema studies, employing new perspectives on traditional issues, and fresh theoretical approaches to the exciting history and field of Italian cinema.

• Offers new approaches to Italian cinema, whose importance in the post-war period was unrivalled
• Presents a theory based approach to historical and archival material
• Includes work by both established and more recent scholars, with new takes on traditional critical issues, and new theoretical approaches to the exciting history and field of Italian cinema
• Covers recent issues such as feminism, stardom, queer cinema, immigration and postcolonialism, self-reflexivity and postmodernism, popular genre cinema, and digitalization
• A comprehensive collection of essays addressing the prominent films, directors and cinematic forms of Italian cinema, which will become a standard resource for academic and non-academic purposes alike

Acknowledgments xi

Notes on Contributors xii

Editor’s Notes xix

Glossary xx

Preface and In Memoriam xxiv

Part I First Things 1

1 Introduction 3
Frank Burke

2 Italian Cinema Studies: A Conversation with Peter Bondanella 16
Frank Burke

Part II Historical/Chronological Perspectives 29

Silent Cinema 29

3 Silent Italian Cinema: A New Medium for Old Geographies 31
Giorgio Bertellini

4 Stardom in Italian Silent Cinema 48
Jacqueline Reich

Fascism and Italian Cinema 6l#)