Allied encounters : the gendered redemption of World War II Italy /

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Analyzes Anglo-American and Italian literary, cinematic and military representations of World War II Italy in order to trace, critique and move beyond the gendered paradigm of redemption that has conditioned understandings of the Allied-Italian encounter.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Escolar, Marisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.
Subjects:
1939-1947
World War, 1939-1945 > Literature and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Littérature et guerre.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Cinéma et guerre.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
War and literature
War and motion pictures
Italy > History > Allied occupation, 1943-1947.
Italie > Histoire > 1943-1947 (Occupation alliée)
Italy
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Redeeming Destination Italy: A Guide to the Occupation of Enemy Territory
  • 2. "Liberated" Rome beyond Redemption: Roberto Rossellini's Paisà and Alfred Hayes's All Thy Conquests and The Girl on the Via Flaminia
  • 3. Happily Ever after Redemption: Luciana Peverelli's "True" Romance Novels of Occupied Rome
  • 4. A Queer Redemption: John Horne Burns's The Gallery
  • 5. Sleights of Hand, Black Skin, and the Redemption of Curzio Malaparte's La pelle
  • 6. The Redemption of Saint Paul: Norman Lewis's Naples '44
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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