Italian masculinity as queer melodrama
Subtitle: Caravaggio, Puccini, contemporary cinema
By: John Champagne
Series: Global masculinities
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781137474803
Subjects: Masculinity; History; Homosexuality in art; Homosexuality in music; Homosexuality in motion pictures; Influence
Description: "Offering queer analyses of paintings by Caravaggio and Puccini and films by Özpetek, Amelio, and Grimaldi, John Champagne argues that Italian masculinity has often been articulated through melodrama. Reading the melodramatic sensibility across three different periods in Italian history and three different media, this book sheds light on Italy's contribution to the development of the melodramatic sensibility. Wide in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, this much-needed study shows the vital role of affect for both Italian history and masculinity studies"--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Italian masculinity and melodrama; title: Caravaggio and the melodramatic sensibility; title: Caravaggio's melodramatic male bodies; title: Tosca and social melodrama; title: Puccini's sparrow: longing and La rondine; title: "Normality, what an ugly word!": contemporary queer melodrama; title: Özpetek's queer cinema; title: Conclusion.