Sardinia on Screen: the Construction of the Sardinian Character in Italian Cinema
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Main Author: Urban, Maria Bonaria (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Editions Rodopi 2013
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Item Description:This volume explores how Sardinians and Sardinia have been portrayed in Italian cinema from the beginning of the 20th century until now, starting from the examination of Sardinian tropes in a wide range of texts - travel writing, fictional sources, essays and academic works. The purpose is to shed light on the cultural construction of the Sardinian character and to reveal the ideology that is behind this process. Hence the volume challenges topics such as the dynamics between verbal and visual imagery, and the intertwining between discourse, images and audience. It addresses the following ques
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:1306315301
9401210012
9781306315302
9789401210010