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Equivocal Subjects: Between Italy and Africa\u2014Constructions of Racial and National Identity in the Italian Cinema<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bloomsbury Continuum<\/a>
\n2012-05-10
\n328 pages
\nHardcover ISBN: 9781441190437<\/p>\n

Shelleen Greene<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Digital Studio Practice and Theory
\nUniversity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee<\/em><\/p>\n

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A thorough study of the portrayal of race in Italian cinema<\/a>, from the silent era to the present, illuminating issues in contemporary Italian society.<\/p>\n

Equivocal Subjects<\/em> puts forth an innovative reading of the Italian national cinema. Shelleen Greene argues that from the silent era to the present, the cinematic representation of the \u201cmixed-race\u201d or interracial subject has served as a means by which Italian racial and national identity have been negotiated and re-defined. She examines Italy\u2019s colonial legacy, histories of immigration and emigration, and contemporary politics of multiculturalism through its cultural production, providing new insights into its traditional film canon.<\/p>\n

Analysing the depiction of mixed-race subjects from the historical epics of the Italian silent \u201cgolden\u201d era to the contemporary period, this enlightening book engages the history of Italian nationalism and colonialism through theories of subject formation, ideologies of race, and postcolonial theory. Greene\u2019s approach also provides a novel interpretation of recent developments surrounding Italy\u2019s status as a major passage for immigrants seeking to enter the European Union<\/a>. This book provides an original theoretical approach to the Italian cinema that speaks to the nation\u2019s current political and social climate.<\/p>\n

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