Alfano Barbara - The Mirage Of America In Contemporary Italian Literature And Film - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The Mirage of America in Contemporary Italian Literature and Film explores the use of images associated with the United States in Italian novels and films released between the 1980s and the 2000s. In this study Barbara Alfano looks at the ways in which the individuals portrayed in these works and the intellectuals who created them confront the cultural construct of the American myth. As Alfano demonstrates this myth is an integral part of Italians discourse to define themselves culturally in essence Italian intellectuals talk about America often for the purpose of talking about Italy. The book draws attention to the importance of Italian literature and film as explorations of an individual's ethics and to how these productions allow for functioning across cultures. It thus differentiates itself from other studies on the subject that aim at establishing the relevance and influence of American culture on Italian twentieth - century artistic representations.
Title: The Mirage Of America In Contemporary Italian Literature And Film
Author(s): Alfano Barbara
Publisher: University Of Toronto Press
Barcode: 9781442644052
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 7/15/2013
Series: Toronto Italian Studies
Category: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers