Angela Dalle Vacche

Diva

Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As scientific discoveries and technological advances radically modernized Europe around the turn of the twentieth century, artists of all types began questioning what it means to be human in an increasingly mechanistic world. This book offers a study of this important 'film' genre of the cinema that preceded the Great War of 1914-1918.

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A passionate look at the figure of the diva in Italian film of the silent era, set within the visual, legal, and popular cultures surrounding the cinema before and after World War I.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 177mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 876g
• ISBN-13: 9780292717114
• ISBN-10: 0292717113
• Artikelnr.: 23410552

Autorenporträt

By Angela Dalle Vacche

Inhaltsangabe

1. Acknowledgments: The Geography of a Book
2. Foreword by Guy Maddin
3. Time Line: Cultural Events and the Diva Film
4. Introduction: Mater Dolorosa
5. Theory and Technology
* Chapter 1. The Shape of Time: Élan Vital and Memento Mori
* Chapter 2. Laocoön's Filmstrip: Classicism, Marxism, Vitalism
* Chapter 3. Orientalism: Ballets Russes, Occultism, Canudo
* Chapter 4. Wings of Desire: Aviation, Fashion, Circus Stunts
6. History and Analysis
* Chapter 5. Acting: Prostitution, Vertigo, Close-up
* Chapter 6. Modern Woman: Minor Stars and the Short Film
* Chapter 7. Tropes: Obsessions and Traumas of a Genre
* Chapter 8. Nino Oxilia: Blue Blood and Satanic Rhapsody
7. Conclusion: Beyond the Femme Fatale
8. Portraits: Biographical Profiles of Actresses
9. Archival Locations and Filmography
10. Notes
11. Bibliography
12. Index