Stars and masculinities in contemporary Italian cinema
By: Catherine O'Rawe
Edition: First edition.
Series: Global masculinities
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781137381460
Subjects: Masculinity in motion pictures; Men in motion pictures; Male actors; Motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: trouble men: masculinity, stardom, and Italian cinema; title: Mad about the boy: teen stars and serious actors; title: Comedy and masculinity, Italian style; title: Boys don't cry: weeping fathers, absent mothers and male melodrama; title: The last real men: romanzo criminale; title: Brothers in arms: history and masculinity in the anni di piombo; title: Impersonating men: history, biopics and performance; title: Afterword.