‘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
Migrant Anxieties: Italian Cinema in a Transnational Frame
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DOI: 10.1080/10509208.2020.1823152
Abstract: Aine O’Healy’s monograph, Migrant Anxieties: Italian Cinema in a Transnational Frame, examines thirty Italian fiction films released between 1990 and 2016 that address issues of immigration from ea... read more here.
Keywords: cinema transnational; migrant anxieties; anxieties italian; transnational frame ... See more keywords