Beyond the Latin Lover - Marcello Mastroianni, Masculinity, and Italian Cinema

Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Reich, Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is co-editor of Re-viewing Fascism (IUP, 2002). Klappentext Far from being a study of just one Italian film star, however, Reich's work demonstrates that Mastroianni's inetto is a reflection of the unstable political, social, and sexual climate of post-war Italy and its constantly shifting gender roles. Zusammenfassung A new perspective on Italian masculinity Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements 1. In the beginning: Mastroianni, Masculinity and Italian Cinema 2. Undressing the Latin Lover: La dolce vita, Fashion and Italian Masculinity 3. Masculinity, Sicilian Style: Il bell'Antonio and Divorce - Italian Style 4. "Remember, It's a Comedy:" Mastroianni in the Films of Federico Fellini 5. The Inetto versus the Unruly Woman: Mastroianni and Sophia Loren 6. Remembrance of Films Past: Mastroianni and the Aging Male Body Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Reich, Reich Jacqueline
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2004
• EAN: 9780253216441
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21644-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet