| Description |
1 online resource (v, 360 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits |
| Series |
Critical Studies in Italian America |
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Critical studies in Italian America.
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| Contents |
Intro; Half Title; Series Announcement Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Italian Performers in American Silent Cinema; 2. Aristocrats, Acrobats, Latin Lovers, and Waiters: Italians in American Silent Cinema; 3. A Filmic Grand Tour: American Silent Films "Made in Italy"; 4. American Cinema in Italian: The Formation of Italian American Culture; 5. Italian Actors in Classical Hollywood Cinema; 6. Transnational Neorealism: Toward an Italian American Film Hegemony; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Series Page |
| Summary |
Napoli/New York/Hollywood investigates the work of Italian immigrant performers and the impact of the traditions of the Italian stage within the history of Hollywood cinema and of American media from 1895 to today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2019) |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History and criticism
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Motion pictures and transnationalism -- United States
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National characteristics, Italian, in motion pictures.
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Italian Americans in the motion picture industry.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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National characteristics, Italian, in motion pictures
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Motion pictures and transnationalism
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Motion pictures
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Italian Americans in the motion picture industry
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780823279395 |
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0823279391 |
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9780823279401 |
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0823279405 |
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