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This is the first book-length study to address the question of religion in contemporary Italian cinema and television. It questions why religion persists on Italian screens and how this reflects and constructs Italy’s emerging post-secularity.

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Acknowledgments Introduction: Italy, Secularization, and the Post-Secular 1. The Space for Religious Filmmaking: Policy and Infrastructures 2. The Persistence of Religion Onscreen: Icons, Rituals, and the Arts 3. Countercultural Catholic Values in the Public Sphere 4. Protest in the Public Sphere: The Shifting Line between Religious and Secular Space 5. Voicing the Religious Other: Assimilation, Horror, Resolution Conclusion: Seeing is Believing: Italian Filmmaking Looks Post-Secularism in the Eye References Filmography Index

Screening Religions in Italy Contemporary

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      Publisher: MY - University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: 11/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781487503475, 978-1487503475
      ISBN10: 1487503474

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the first book-length study to address the question of religion in contemporary Italian cinema and television. It questions why religion persists on Italian screens and how this reflects and constructs Italy’s emerging post-secularity.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction: Italy, Secularization, and the Post-Secular 1. The Space for Religious Filmmaking: Policy and Infrastructures 2. The Persistence of Religion Onscreen: Icons, Rituals, and the Arts 3. Countercultural Catholic Values in the Public Sphere 4. Protest in the Public Sphere: The Shifting Line between Religious and Secular Space 5. Voicing the Religious Other: Assimilation, Horror, Resolution Conclusion: Seeing is Believing: Italian Filmmaking Looks Post-Secularism in the Eye References Filmography Index

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