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Blood in the Streets : Histories of Violence in Italian Crime Cinema /

A historical contextualisation of 1970s Italian genre films that depicted violent crime in contemporary ItalyWinner of the BAFTSS Best Monograph Award 2020!Blood in the Streets investigates the various ways in which 1970s Italian crime films were embedded in their immediate cultural and political co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fisher, Austin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A historical contextualisation of 1970s Italian genre films that depicted violent crime in contemporary ItalyWinner of the BAFTSS Best Monograph Award 2020!Blood in the Streets investigates the various ways in which 1970s Italian crime films were embedded in their immediate cultural and political contexts. The book analyses the emergence, proliferation and distribution of a range of popular film cycles (or filoni) - from conspiracy thrillers and vigilante films, to mafia and serial killer narratives - and examines what these reveal about their time and place.With industrial conditions geared around rapid production schedules and concentrated release patterns, the engagement in these films with both the contemporary political turmoil of 1970s Italy and the traumas of the nation's recent past offers a range of fascinating insights into the wider anxieties of this decade concerning the Second World War and its ongoing political aftermath."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 p.) : 15 B/W illustrations
ISBN:9781474411738
9783110780420
Acceso:restricted access