Overview

With its physical beauty and kaleidoscopic cultural background, Sicily has long been a source of inspiration for filmmakers. Twelve new essays by international scholars--and additional writings from directors Roberta Torre, Giovanna Taviani, and Costanza Quatriglio--seek to offset the near-absence of scholarship focusing on the relationship between the Mediterranean island and cinema. Touching on class relations, immigration, gender and poverty, the essays examine how Sicily is depicted in fiction, satire and documentaries. Situated between North and South, East and West, innovation and tradition, authenticity and displacement, Sicily acts as a microcosm of the world, a place to explore numerous narratives and develop intercultural dialogue. It is also the center of cinematographic discussions and events such as the Taormina Film Festival and the SalinaDocFest. The volume presents Sicily almost as a character and creator in its own right.

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Author:   Giovanna Summerfield
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9781476676487

ISBN 10:   1476676488
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   27 March 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword: Sicily, Light Queen (Roberta Torre) Introduction (Giovanna Summerfield) Part I: Reporting on Sicily Through Fiction, Satire and Documentary Sicily as a Space of Resistance Against Consumerism in Pasolini’s Teorema and Coppola’s The Godfather (Francesco Chianese) The Spirit of Place in Andrea Camilleri’s The Shape of Water (Anthony N. Fragola) Landscapes of Mafia and Nostalgia on Italian TV (Elgin K. Eckert) A Satirical Gaze on Sicily: Ficarra and Picone’s L’ora legale (Veronica Vegna) Cinico TV or Trouble in Hell (Giacomo Tinelli and Fabio Vighi) Beyond Neorealism: Sicily in Vittorio De Seta’s Documentaries (Etami Borjan) On the Quixotic Routes of the SalinaDocFest: The Birth of a Festival on an Island (Giovanna Taviani) Part II: Framing Sicily Through the Gaze and Story of the Other “Othering” Sicily in Cavalleria rusticana and the Godfather Trilogy: From Short Story, to Stage, to Screen (Enza De Francisci) Enclaves of Whiteness: Disquieting Presences and Domesticated Territories in the Sicilian Archipelago (Marcello Messina) Interpreting Crialese’s Terraferma: Border Zones, African Diaspora and Italian Foreignness (Anna Ciamparella) Of Miracles and Madonnas: Roberta Torre’s Women on the Verge in I Baci mai dati (Claudia Karagoz) Filming a Woman’s Life: Maria Occhipinti, Giuliana Saladino and Two ­Re-Elaborations of Sicilian Impegno (Maria Rizzarelli and Serena Todesco) “Meglio bottana che mezzo masculo”: Lesbianism, ­Cross-Dressing and Women’s Claims in Maiorca’s Viola di mare (Anna Lisa Somma) Conclusion: Sicily, the Key to Everything: Seeking and Finding in L’Avventura and Il bell’Antonio (Giovanna Summerfield) Afterword (Costanza Quatriglio) About the Contributors Index

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Giovanna Summerfield is a professor of Italian and French and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University. She is also a published poet and short-story writer.

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