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OverviewWhat links Italian neorealism to Django Unchained, French comic books to Third-World insurgency, and Bollywood song-and-dance to Eastern Bloc film distribution? As this volume illustrates, the answers lie in the Spaghetti Western genre. As the reference points of American popular culture became ever more prominent in post-war Europe, the hundreds of films that make up the Italian (or `Spaghetti’) Western documented profound shifts in their home country’s cultural outlook, while at the same time denying specifically national discourses. An object of fascination and great affection for fans, filmmakers and academics alike, the Western all¹italiana arose from a diverse confluence of cultural strands, and would become a pivotal moment in cinematic history. Reappraising a diverse selection of films, from the internationally famed works of Sergio Leone to the cult cachet of Sergio Corbucci and the more obscure outputs of such directors as Giuseppe Colizzi and Ferdinando Baldi, this comprehensive study brings together leading international scholars in a variety of disciplines to both revisit the genre’s cultural significance and consider its on-going influence on international film industries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Austin FisherPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.626kg ISBN: 9780748695454ISBN 10: 0748695451 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 30 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly 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'An ambitious, interdisciplinary undertaking...all twelve of the studies in Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions appropriate for students working at the graduate level and specialists working in the areas of film and cultural studies. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting.' --Sue Matheson Journal of Popular Film and Television An ambitious, interdisciplinary undertaking...all twelve of the studies in Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions appropriate for students working at the graduate level and specialists working in the areas of film and cultural studies. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting. -- Sue Matheson, Journal of Popular Film and Television An ambitious, interdisciplinary undertaking...all twelve of the studies in Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions appropriate for students working at the graduate level and specialists working in the areas of film and cultural studies. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting. -- Sue Matheson, Journal of Popular Film and Television "This collection of essays moves over territory and across borders previously uncharted and undocumented in existing accounts of the Western. In taking paths and routes less travelled, Fisher and his contributors show how rich and diverse the genre is in its many international, national and local guises. This is scholarship of high merit.--Peter Stanfield, University of Kent An ambitious, interdisciplinary undertaking...all twelve of the studies in Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions appropriate for students working at the graduate level and specialists working in the areas of film and cultural studies. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting.'--Sue Matheson ""Journal of Popular Film and Television""" Author InformationAustin Fisher is Associate Professor of Popular Culture at Bournemouth University. He is the author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western, editor of Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads and Grindhouse: Cultural Exchange on 42nd Street, and Beyond, and founding co-editor of the 'Global Exploitation Cinemas' book series. His main area of expertise concerns popular Italian cinema's relationship with political movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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