{"product_id":"hollywoods-italian-american-filmmakers-9780252036149","title":"Hollywoods Italian American Filmmakers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe roles of ethnicity and cultural identity in the films of Italian American film directors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cavallero's research is extensive and of high quality. . . . Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book makes a significant contribution to the limited academic literature on Italian American filmmakers. The description and analysis is first-rate and convincing, and its subject matter will appeal to the general public, as well as scholars, researchers, and students in many disciplines.\"--Frank Tomasulo, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMore than a Method: Trends and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A solidly researched, engagingly argued, and innovative perspective on each one of them, but it also opens up cinematic discourse on (Italian) ethnicity to wider horizons of cultural and political reflections and leaves us with a constructive, dynamic vision of identity.\"--\u003ci\u003eItalian American Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Frank Capra: Ethnic Denial and Its Impossibility 11 2. Martin Scorsese: Confined and Defined by Ethnicity 45 3. Nancy Savoca: Ethnicity, Class, and Gender 77 4. Francis Ford Coppola: Ethnic Nostalgia in the Godfather Trilogy 99 5. Quentin Tarantino: Ethnicity and the Postmodern 125 Conclusion: Ancestral Legacies and History's Lessons 151 Notes 165 Bibliography 193 Index 213","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036819194199,"sku":"9780252036149","price":91.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252036149.jpg?v=1750932650","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hollywoods-italian-american-filmmakers-9780252036149","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}