Diva
Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema
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Author
Contributions
- Guy Maddin (Foreword) - Contributor
Publication
2008-03-15 - University of Texas Press
Language
English
Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10293577M
- ISBN-139780292716612
- ISBN-100292716613
- OCLC Control Number1004440492
- OCLC Control Number168722633
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2007036402
- LibraryThing5275124
- Goodreads2031479
Classifications
- LCCPN1995.9.W6 D35 2008
- LCCPN1995.9.W6 D35 2008eb
- LCCPN1995.9.W6D35 2008
and 1 more
- DDC791.430945
Description
"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...Dalle Vacche offers the first authoritative study of this important film genre of the cinema that preceded the First World War...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 and representing the suffering figure of the Catholic mater dolorosa." -- Cover.
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