Italy in early American cinema
Subtitle: race, landscape, and the picturesque
By: Giorgio Bertellini.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9780253353726; 9780253221285
Subjects: Italy -- In motion pictures; Italian Americans in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Transatlantic racial culture and modern visual reproductions; title: Picturing Italy's natural and social landscapes. Picturesque mode of difference; title: The picturesque Italian south as transnational commodity; title: Picture-perfect America. Picturesque views and American natural landscapes; title: Picturesque New York; title: Black hands, white faces; title: White hearts; title: Performing geography; title: "A mirror with a memory."