Description
Studying the careers of popular actors Amedeo Nazzari and Alberto Sordi, Acting Across Borders explores the question of how Italian cinema from the 1930s to 1980s has considered human mobility. Through close readings of a selection of films, Alberto Zambenedetti examines the concept of italianità (Italian-ness) as manifested in contexts related to migration, diaspora, exile, tourism, travel and their supporting infrastructures. In this wide-ranging study, the methodologies of Film Studies and the Mobilities Framework are combined to illuminate an undertheorised yet vital tradition in the history of the national cinema.
Author: Alberto Zambenedetti
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 12/05/2022
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9781474439879
ISBN10: 147443987X
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Acting & Auditioning
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Performing Arts | Film | Reference
About the Author
Alberto Zambenedetti is Assistant Professor in the Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto