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OverviewReligion has had been foundational in shaping Italy. Home to the Vatican State, the Italian peninsula is the religious centre for one billion Catholics globally. It is also increasingly home to those of other faiths, especially Islam. Italy's development as a contemporary post-secular and multi-religious society is fraught and fascinating. The recent resurgence of religious discourse is a sign of what German philosopher, Jrgen Habermas, has defined as the post-secular condition. Habermas and others have questioned what most people in the West had, up to a few years ago, taken for granted: the unstoppable forward march of secularization and the subsequent marginalization of religion. Instead, one of the greatest global fault-lines in the contemporary world the divide between absolutist, extremist Islamic faith and liberal, but Christian-inflected, secular values has religious identity at its core. The first book-length study to examine religion in contemporary Italian cinema and television, Screening Religions in Italy spans genres such as horror, comedy, hagiopics, and TV fiction, and explores both commercial and art-house filmmaking. In a discussion of films and television series that range from Moretti's Habemus Papam, the author identifies two key issues: how Italian filmmaking constructs the continuing position of religion in the public sphere and why religion persists on Italian screens. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Clodagh J. BrookPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9781487503475ISBN 10: 1487503474 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 13 November 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews"""In a very readable, long overdue, and engrossing study, Clodagh J. Brook sets herself a bold and arduous task, involving a massive and intellectual confrontation with 'Italy's religion in the new millennium, ' not as the final word on Roman Catholicism, but as a symptomatic flashpoint to explore the 'vast spectacle and power of the international Catholic faith' tied to uncertain questions of national identity and belief.""--Marcia Landy, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of French and Italian, University of Pittsburgh ""Elegantly written, Screening Religions in Italy not only explores Catholicism in cinema as a force of contestation, it also proposes new and original perspectives concerning local filmmaking, minority religions' new productions, new ways to access funding, and the filmmaking industry overall.""--Nicoletta Marino-Maio, Associate Professor of Italian and Film Studies, Italian Department Chair, Dickinson College" In a very readable, long overdue, and engrossing study, Clodagh J. Brook sets herself a bold and arduous task, involving a massive and intellectual confrontation with 'Italy's religion in the new millennium, ' not as the final word on Roman Catholicism, but as a symptomatic flashpoint to explore the 'vast spectacle and power of the international Catholic faith' tied to uncertain questions of national identity and belief. - Marcia Landy, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of French and Italian, University of Pittsburgh Elegantly written, Screening Religions in Italy not only explores Catholicism in cinema as a force of contestation, it also proposes new and original perspectives concerning local filmmaking, minority religions' new productions, new ways to access funding, and the filmmaking industry overall. - Nicoletta Marino-Maio, Associate Professor of Italian and Film Studies, Italian Department Chair, Dickinson College Author InformationClodagh J. Brook is associate professor and Head of Italian at Trinity College, Dublin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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