{"product_id":"italy-in-early-american-cinema-9780253221285","title":"Italy in Early American Cinema","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the origins of American cinema's century-long fascination with Italy and Italian immigrants to the popularity of the pre-photographic aesthetic - the picturesque.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertellini situates early cinema within a broad geopolitical framework that 'calls for a reconsideration of race as a long-lasting visual form' and invites the film scholar to reexamine the medium's specificity. This makes Italy in Early American Cinema a seminal contribution to the field of cinema studies. June 2011, Vol. 31:2\u003c\/p\u003e * Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is beautifully illustrated and its sources are often spectacular. Bertellini finds historical evidence where previous researchers found none. . . . Unlike much of recent film historical research, which remains confined to a rather empirical presentation of previously unknown documents, Bertellini wants to insert these archives into a rich interdisciplinary, long-term development. July - December 2010\u003c\/p\u003e * Altreitalie *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertellini's Italy in Early American Cinema is simply an extraordinary achievement. . . . He has been meticulous and indefatigable in discovering a wealth of original historical source material and honed and re-honed the text into an exemplary model of lucid, sophisticated, critical historical analysis. Vol. 22, 2010\u003c\/p\u003e * Film History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertellini's sophisticated interdisciplinary study addresses questions of race moving between Italy and America in the prehistory and early history of film. . . . Bertellini's persuasive thesis that identity-formation works, among other things, through the picturesque, provides a further explanation for our persistent need for a local aura of realist 'authenticity' in our idea of what Italian cinema should give us. July 2011\u003c\/p\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertellini has done a great service not just to scholars of American film, but also to the Italian-American citizen, by concentrating on this overlooked, but rich vein of American culture. August 2010\u003c\/p\u003e * Fra Noi *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Transatlantic Racial Culture and Modern Visual Reproductions\u003cbr\u003ePart 1. Picturing Italy's Natural and Social Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e 1. Picturesque Mode of Difference\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Picturesque Italian South as Transnational Commodity\u003cbr\u003ePart 2. Picture-Perfect America\u003cbr\u003e 3. Picturesque Views and American Natural Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Picturesque New York\u003cbr\u003e 5. Black Hands, White Faces \u003cbr\u003e 6. White Hearts\u003cbr\u003e 7. Performing Geography\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: \"A Mirror with a Memory\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eFilmography\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400661082455,"sku":"9780253221285","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253221285.jpg?v=1730471234","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/italy-in-early-american-cinema-9780253221285","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}