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Homosexuality and Italian Cinema
From the Fall of Fascism to the Years of Lead|
96,29 € |
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| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan |
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| Veröffentl.: | 18.11.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781137565938 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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<div>This book is the first to establish the relevance of same-sex desires, pleasures and anxieties in the cinema of post-war Italy. It explores cinematic representations of homosexuality and their significance in a wider cultural struggle in Italy involving society, cinema, and sexuality between the 1940s and 1970s. Besides tracing the evolution of representations through both art and popular films, this book also analyses connections with consumer culture, film criticism and politics. Giori uncovers how complicated negotiations between challenges to and valorization of dominant forms of knowledge of homosexuality shaped representations and argues that they were not always the outcome of hatred but also sought to convey unmentionable pleasures and complicities. Through archival research and a survey of more than 600 films, the author enriches our understanding of thirty years of Italian film and cultural history.<br></div>
<div>1. Introduction.- 2. Silence.- 3. Enjoying the Darkness.- 4. Undressing the Other.- 5. Luchinidi and Pasolinidi.- 6. Love in the Time of Panic.- 7. Sexual Revolution, Italian Style.- 8. Pornography of Death.- 9. The Only Good Thing.- 10. Homophiles and Gays Go to the Movies.- 11. Conclusion: Martyrdom and Pleasure.</div>
<p>Mauro Giori is Assistant Professor at Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. His most recent books include <i>Scandalo e banalità</i> (2012) and <i>Nell’ombra di Hitchcock </i>(2015).</p><p><br></p>
This book is the first to establish the relevance of same-sex desires, pleasures and anxieties in the cinema of post-war Italy. It explores cinematic representations of homosexuality and their significance in a wider cultural struggle in Italy involving society, cinema, and sexuality between the 1940s and 1970s. Besides tracing the evolution of representations through both art and popular films, this book also analyses connections with consumer culture, film criticism and politics. Giori uncovers how complicated negotiations between challenges to and valorization of dominant forms of knowledge of homosexuality shaped representations and argues that they were not always the outcome of hatred but also sought to convey unmentionable pleasures and complicities. Through archival research and a survey of more than 600 films, the author enriches our understanding of thirty years of Italian film and cultural history.
The first book-length study devoted entirely to the topic of homosexuality in Italian post-war cinema. Explores over 600 films and includes extensive archival research on hundreds of unpublished documents, magazines and newspapers Analyses connections between homosexuality, cinema and Italian society. Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
“In this wonderfully researched, lucidly organised book, Mauro Giori does not so much take us beyond the internationally renowned gay cinema of Visconti and Pasolini as place this in the extraordinarily rich, elusive and thrilling cinema of its time. His book is more than a fascinating overview of homosexuality in Italian cinema in a period exciting equally for the richness of Italian cinema and the emergence of gay identities. It is also a new kind of gay film history, weaving together film texts with production and censorship, gossip and scandal, festivals, criticism and cinemagoing, all beautifully contextualised in relation to the politics and culture of the times. This is a model of historical research and a vibrant account of an astonishing moment in queer culture.” (Richard Dyer, Professor of Film Studies, King’s College London, UK)<p></p>
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