Book review on Unfinished Business: Screening the Italian Mafia in the New Millenium by Dana Reng... more Book review on Unfinished Business: Screening the Italian Mafia in the New Millenium by Dana Renga. University of Toronto Press, 2013. ISBN: 9781442615588
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author's signalling of the abundant references and connections does not amount to a solid critica... more author's signalling of the abundant references and connections does not amount to a solid critical reading of things American in Dear Diary. However, the discourse about the Italian reception of the musical film genre is here very interesting. For those interested in a history of adaptations of Italian films in the USA, this detailed essay is a very good place to start from and go back to. In concluding her work, the author writes: 'The Transatlantic Gaze has demonstrated the enduring impact of a variety of genres of Italian film on American directors.' The absence of an over-imposed theory is one of the highly positive and refreshing notes of this book that brings together studies and observations done through the years by a scholar who has researched, lived and mediated between two specific cultures. To this regard, the author states: As cinema becomes more global, the notion of national cinemas becomes more complicated and ambiguous. In the future, 'national' categories of cinema may disappear, as Elsaesser [2005] and others have suggested. Yet, I contend that we will continue to discern the influence of directors from a particular country, who represent developed aesthetics such as those found in Italian cinema. (p. 138) It is the 'enduring impact' (p. 138) of Italian cinema on American film that the book points to. The detailed analyses of this scrupulous work are of interest not only to scholars of cinema and Italian studies, but also to those engaged in comparative, cultural, American and Italian-American studies.
... Chaos: Leonardo Sciascia schriftsellerische Identität und die französische Kultur" [Ordi... more ... Chaos: Leonardo Sciascia schriftsellerische Identität und die französische Kultur" [Ordine e caos: L'identità di scrittore di Leonardo Sciascia e ... di Sarah Zappulla Muscarà, per arrivare ad Angela Barwig, che indaga sulla carriera di due musicisti siciliani, Franco Battiato e Pippo ...
Book review on Unfinished Business: Screening the Italian Mafia in the New Millenium by Dana Reng... more Book review on Unfinished Business: Screening the Italian Mafia in the New Millenium by Dana Renga. University of Toronto Press, 2013. ISBN: 9781442615588
Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y ... more Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d'utilisation que vous pouvez consulter en ligne.
author's signalling of the abundant references and connections does not amount to a solid critica... more author's signalling of the abundant references and connections does not amount to a solid critical reading of things American in Dear Diary. However, the discourse about the Italian reception of the musical film genre is here very interesting. For those interested in a history of adaptations of Italian films in the USA, this detailed essay is a very good place to start from and go back to. In concluding her work, the author writes: 'The Transatlantic Gaze has demonstrated the enduring impact of a variety of genres of Italian film on American directors.' The absence of an over-imposed theory is one of the highly positive and refreshing notes of this book that brings together studies and observations done through the years by a scholar who has researched, lived and mediated between two specific cultures. To this regard, the author states: As cinema becomes more global, the notion of national cinemas becomes more complicated and ambiguous. In the future, 'national' categories of cinema may disappear, as Elsaesser [2005] and others have suggested. Yet, I contend that we will continue to discern the influence of directors from a particular country, who represent developed aesthetics such as those found in Italian cinema. (p. 138) It is the 'enduring impact' (p. 138) of Italian cinema on American film that the book points to. The detailed analyses of this scrupulous work are of interest not only to scholars of cinema and Italian studies, but also to those engaged in comparative, cultural, American and Italian-American studies.
... Chaos: Leonardo Sciascia schriftsellerische Identität und die französische Kultur" [Ordi... more ... Chaos: Leonardo Sciascia schriftsellerische Identität und die französische Kultur" [Ordine e caos: L'identità di scrittore di Leonardo Sciascia e ... di Sarah Zappulla Muscarà, per arrivare ad Angela Barwig, che indaga sulla carriera di due musicisti siciliani, Franco Battiato e Pippo ...
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