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Italian Neorealist Cinema
Torunn Haaland
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Description for Italian Neorealist Cinema
Hardback. This series presents diverse and fascinating movements in world cinema. Each volume concentrates on a set of films from a different national, regional or, in some cases, cross-cultural cinema which constitute a particular tradition. Series Editor(s): Badley, Linda; Palmer, R. Barton. Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
This is a study of the birth and development of a key movement in Italian film history. Surveying the major creative contributions to and critical receptions of this trend in Italian postwar cinema, the book begins by tracing the roots of neorealist film and drawing parallels to neorealist fiction. It then explores the ways in which neorealist cinema positioned itself in relation to the processes of postwar reconstruction, and what relations it may be said to have established with non-cinematic practices in the redefinition of national identity. This book discusses the impact neorealism has had on 1960s avant-garde cinema and ... Read more
This is a study of the birth and development of a key movement in Italian film history. Surveying the major creative contributions to and critical receptions of this trend in Italian postwar cinema, the book begins by tracing the roots of neorealist film and drawing parallels to neorealist fiction. It then explores the ways in which neorealist cinema positioned itself in relation to the processes of postwar reconstruction, and what relations it may be said to have established with non-cinematic practices in the redefinition of national identity. This book discusses the impact neorealism has had on 1960s avant-garde cinema and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Traditions in World Cinema
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748636112
SKU
V9780748636112
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About Torunn Haaland
Torunn Haaland is a Lecturer in Italian at The Pennsylvania State University.
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