‘Io so’: the absence of resolution as resolution in contemporary Italian cinema about the ‘years of lead’
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DOI: 10.1017/mit.2017.14
Abstract: This article analyses three fantasy sequences in contemporary Italian cinema about political terrorism in the period known as the anni di piombo (‘years of lead’). It argues that, faced with divided memories, ideologically-charged narratives of… read more here.
Keywords: resolution; cinema; absence resolution; contemporary italian ... See more keywords
Post-secular identity in contemporary Italian cinema: Catholic ‘cement’, the suppression of history and the lost Islamic other
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DOI: 10.1017/mit.2017.17
Abstract: Alessandro Ferrari claims that Catholicism was the only cement binding the newly unified Italy together, a country without a common language or a widespread culture capable of founding civic engagement. Taking a post-secular perspective on… read more here.
Keywords: identity; cinema; cement; post ... See more keywords
Michel Gobat, Empire by Invitation: William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America (Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2018), pp. 367, £28.95, hb.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022216x20000814
Abstract: cinema’, which identifies a multi-layered consciousness in the works of exiled or displaced filmmakers, in order to argue that Vázquez’s films are both part of the politically engaged New Latin American Cinema, and personal reflections… read more here.
Keywords: latin american; invitation william; cinema; gobat empire ... See more keywords
Balsdon Fellowships: The uneternal city: modern Rome according to the cinema
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DOI: 10.1017/s0068246217000101
Abstract: During my time at the BSR I carried out research for what I intend to be a monograph on modern Roman urban history and its representation, contestation and reimagining on, in, and through cinema. In… read more here.
Keywords: modern rome; cinema; fellowships uneternal; rome ... See more keywords
Satire als Kriegswaffe: Strategien der britischen Rundfunkpropaganda im Zweiten Weltkrieg
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DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2017.1418783
Abstract: ‘In accepting the child, he [Apu] has accepted life ... Whether or not he is going back to become a great novelist is immaterial: he is going back to live’ (p. 125). Wood’s account of… read more here.
Keywords: als kriegswaffe; satire als; kriegswaffe strategien; cinema ... See more keywords
Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Music Stars in American Cinema
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DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2018.1543241
Abstract: larity and cultural relevance over time. In one form or another, these genres have not only remained nationally relevant, but have also been accepted and well received outside of the domestic market. In the case… read more here.
Keywords: popular male; crossover stardom; music stars; cinema ... See more keywords
Rule, Britannia! The Biopic and British National Identity
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DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1686218
Abstract: filmmaker, after which one to three films are selected for a more in-depth analysis. Francophone Belgian cinema is examined ‘through the lens of two complementary notions of cinematic transnationalism and regional cinema’ (p. 178). While… read more here.
Keywords: british national; national identity; cinema; biopic british ... See more keywords
The “Missing Muscle”: Attitudes to Women Working in Cinema and Music 1910–1930
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DOI: 10.1080/03007766.2017.1348669
Abstract: Abstract In the 1900s as Edwardian women musicians moved from music teaching into public performance, cinemas offered a safe place: out of the spotlight and in the relative anonymity of the darkened auditorium. The rapid… read more here.
Keywords: missing muscle; women working; muscle attitudes; cinema ... See more keywords
Risky and Unauthorized Migrations: A View From Moroccan Cinema (1958–2015) Main Narrative Approaches and Features
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DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2020.1724910
Abstract: This study explores certain features of cinema on Moroccan migration, focusing on the case study of risky and unauthorized migrations. The main objective is to determine the most recurrent narrative, aesthetic, contextual and cultural parameters… read more here.
Keywords: migrations view; unauthorized migrations; cinema; migration ... See more keywords
Ethnographic Film’s Relation to African Cinema: Safi Faye and Jean Rouch
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DOI: 10.1080/08949468.2018.1521192
Abstract: Critical reading on the Senegalese filmmaker Safi Faye is scarce, on her embodiment of different shifts in ethnographic film or on her relationship with Jean Rouch’s work; but her oeuvre is now seen as an… read more here.
Keywords: jean rouch; safi faye; cinema; ethnographic film ... See more keywords
So ‘foreign’ it’s good: the cultural politics of accented cult cinema
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DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2019.1677983
Abstract: ABSTRACT While the canon of so-bad-it’s-good cinema has predominantly centred upon American films, it is notable that a significant number of recent entries – including Miami Connection, Troll 2, Samurai Cop, The Room and Birdemic:… read more here.
Keywords: accented cult; cult cinema; cultural politics; cinema ... See more keywords