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Diva : Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema by Angela Dalle Vacche (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-100292717113
ISBN-139780292717114
eBay Product ID (ePID)63435280
Product Key Features
Number of Pages330 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDiva : Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema
Publication Year2008
SubjectFilm / History & Criticism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts
AuthorAngela Dalle Vacche
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight31.1 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-036402
Reviews"Diva is an impressive study on an important and fascinating topic. Those interested in European cultural studies, feminism, World War I, theater history, and early twentieth-century nationalism-to name a few areas-will find this book of value." Charles Musser, Professor of Film Studies and Theater Studies, Yale University, "Divais an impressive study on an important and fascinating topic. Those interested in European cultural studies, feminism, World War I, theater history, and early twentieth-century nationalism-to name a few areas-will find this book of value." Charles Musser, Professor of Film Studies and Theater Studies, Yale University
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.430945
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments: The Geography of a Book Foreword by Guy Maddin Time Line: Cultural Events and the Diva Film Introduction: Mater Dolorosa Theory and Technology Chapter 1. The Shape of Time: Élan Vital and Memento Mori Chapter 2. Laocoön's Filmstrip: Classicism, Marxism, Vitalism Chapter 3. Orientalism: Ballets Russes, Occultism, Canudo Chapter 4. Wings of Desire: Aviation, Fashion, Circus Stunts History and Analysis Chapter 5. Acting: Prostitution, Vertigo, Close-up Chapter 6. Modern Woman: Minor Stars and the Short Film Chapter 7. Tropes: Obsessions and Traumas of a Genre Chapter 8. Nino Oxilia: Blue Blood and Satanic Rhapsody Conclusion: Beyond the Femme Fatale Portraits: Biographical Profiles of Actresses Archival Locations and Filmography Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisA CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book As scientific discoveries and technological advances radically modernized Europe around the turn of the twentieth century, artists of all types began questioning what it means to be human in an increasingly mechanistic world. Animated by a luminous goddess at its center, the diva film provided a forum for denouncing social evils and exploring new models of behavior among the sexes. These melodramas of courtship, seduction, marriage, betrayal, abandonment, child custody, and public reputation, to mention only a few themes, offered women a vision of--if not always a realistic hope for--emancipation and self-discovery. In Diva , Angela Dalle Vacche offers the first authoritative study of this important "film" genre of the cinema that preceded the Great War of 1914-1918. She analyzes some seventy films, as well as the work of actresses such as Francesca Bertini, Lyda Borelli, and Pina Menichelli, to establish what the diva film contributed to the modernist development of the "new woman." Contrasting the Italian diva with the Hollywood vamp Theda Bara and the famous Danish star Asta Nielsen, Dalle Vacche shows how the diva oscillates between articulating Henri Bergson's vibrant life-force ( élan vital ) and representing the suffering figure of the Catholic mater dolorosa . Taking readers on a fascinating tour that includes the Ballets Russes, orientalism, art nouveau, Futurism, fashion, prostitution, stunt women in the circus, aviation, anti-Semitism, colonialism, and censorship, Diva sheds important new light on the eccentric implantation of modernity in Italy, as well as on how, before World War I, the filmic image was associated with the powers of the occult and not with the Freudian unconscious, as has been argued until now. Accompanying the book: Diva Dolorosa Dutch filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) captures the spirit of the diva in this DVD of clips from early Italian films. Diva Dolorosa presents excerpts of fourteen films from the period 1914-1920, including Malombra, Rapsodia Satanica, and Il Fuoco. It features the work of actresses Lyda Borelli, Pina Menichelli, Francesca Bertini, Soava Gallone, and Elena Makowska. Diva Dolorosa is a Nederlands Filmmuseum production made in coproduction with VPRO television and in collaboration with Cineteca del Comune di Bologna. The DVD was produced by Zeitgeist Films, Ltd., As scientific discoveries and technological advances radically modernized Europe around the turn of the twentieth century, artists of all types began questioning what it means to be human in an increasingly mechanistic world. Animated by a luminous goddess at its center, the diva film provided a forum for denouncing social evils and exploring new models of behavior among the sexes. These melodramas of courtship, seduction, marriage, betrayal, abandonment, child custody, and public reputation, to mention only a few themes, offered women a vision ofif not always a realistic hope foremancipation and self-discovery. In Diva, Angela Dalle Vacche offers the first authoritative study of this important "film" genre of the cinema that preceded the Great War of 1914-1918. She analyzes some seventy films, as well as the work of actresses such as Francesca Bertini, Lyda Borelli, and Pina Menichelli, to establish what the diva film contributed to the modernist development of the "new woman." Contrasting the Italian diva with the Hollywood vamp Theda Bara and the famous Danish star Asta Nielsen, Dalle Vacche shows how the diva oscillates between articulating Henri Bergson's vibrant life-force (elan vital) and representing the suffering figure of the Catholic mater dolorosa. Taking readers on a fascinating tour that includes the Ballets Russes, orientalism, art nouveau, Futurism, fashion, prostitution, stunt women in the circus, aviation, anti-Semitism, colonialism, and censorship, Diva sheds important new light on the eccentric implantation of modernity in Italy, as well as on how, before World War I, the filmic image was associated with the powers of the occult and not with the Freudianunconscious, as has been argued until now., A passionate look at the figure of the diva in Italian film of the silent era, set within the visual, legal, and popular cultures surrounding the cinema before and after World War I., Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book As scientific discoveries and technological advances radically modernized Europe around the turn of the twentieth century, artists of all types began questioning what it means to be human in an increasingly mechanistic world. Animated by a luminous goddess at its center, the diva film provided a forum for denouncing social evils and exploring new models of behavior among the sexes. These melodramas of courtship, seduction, marriage, betrayal, abandonment, child custody, and public reputation, to mention only a few themes, offered women a vision of--if not always a realistic hope for--emancipation and self-discovery. In Diva, Angela Dalle Vacche offers the first authoritative study of this important "film" genre of the cinema that preceded the Great War of 1914-1918. She analyzes some seventy films, as well as the work of actresses such as Francesca Bertini, Lyda Borelli, and Pina Menichelli, to establish what the diva film contributed to the modernist development of the "new woman." Contrasting the Italian diva with the Hollywood vamp Theda Bara and the famous Danish star Asta Nielsen, Dalle Vacche shows how the diva oscillates between articulating Henri Bergson's vibrant life-force ( elan vital ) and representing the suffering figure of the Catholic mater dolorosa . Taking readers on a fascinating tour that includes the Ballets Russes, orientalism, art nouveau, Futurism, fashion, prostitution, stunt women in the circus, aviation, anti-Semitism, colonialism, and censorship, Diva sheds important new light on the eccentric implantation of modernity in Italy, as well as on how, before World War I, the filmic image was associated with the powers of the occult and not with the Freudian unconscious, as has been argued until now. Accompanying the book: Diva Dolorosa Dutch filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) captures the spirit of the diva in this DVD of clips from early Italian films. Diva Dolorosa presents excerpts of fourteen films from the period 1914-1920, including Malombra, Rapsodia Satanica, and Il Fuoco. It features the work of actresses Lyda Borelli, Pina Menichelli, Francesca Bertini, Soava Gallone, and Elena Makowska. Diva Dolorosa is a Nederlands Filmmuseum production made in coproduction with VPRO television and in collaboration with Cineteca del Comune di Bologna. The DVD was produced by Zeitgeist Films, Ltd.
LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.W6D35 2008
