Radical frontiers in the spaghetti western : politics, violence and popular Italian cinema /

Though 1960s European cinema frequently reflected the shifting ideological tides which now characterise the era in the popular imagination, the complex and extensive relationship of the Italian - or 'Spaghetti' - Western to these political ferments has gone almost entirely unnoticed. Radic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fisher, Austin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : Distributed in U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Temas:
Spaghetti Westerns > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > Italy.
Politics in motion pictures.
Westerns-spaghetti > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > Italie.
Politique au cinéma.
Film: styles & genres.
ART > Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Motion pictures
Politics in motion pictures
Spaghetti Westerns
Italy
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The backdrop. Imagining America : US influence and American mythology in post-war Italy
  • A Marxist's gotta do what a Marxist's gotta do : national identity and political violence on the Italian frontier
  • The films. Go west, comrade! defining the absolute enemy
  • Violent Mexico : 'crossing the border' into armed insurgency
  • The legacy. Revolutionising violence : radical translation and postmodern residues in US cinema
  • Along the radical spectrum
  • Appendices. A. Highest grossing Italian westerns, 1962-1980 (domestic prima visione box-office returns)
  • B. Italian western releases in Italy, 1962-1980
  • C. Italian western releases in the USA, 1962-1980
  • D. Corpus in US and UK reviews of fifty Italian westerns, 1965-1977.

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