{"product_id":"wandering-women-9780253064653","title":"Wandering Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWandering Women: Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmakingexploresthe work of contemporary Italian women directors from feminist and ecological perspectives. Mostly relegated to the margins of the cultural scene, and concerned with women's marginality, the compelling films Wandering Women sheds light on tell stories of displacement and liminality that unfold through the act of walking in the city.The unusual emptiness of the cities that the nomadic female protagonists traverse highlights the absence of, and their wish for, life-sustaining communities.Laura Di Bianco contends thatwomen's urban filmmakingwhile articulating a claim for belonging and asserting cinematic and social agencybrings into view landscapes of the Anthropocene, where urban decay and the erasure of nature intersect with human alienation.Though a minor cinema, it is also a powerful movement of resistance against the dominant male narratives about the world we inhabit.   Based on interviews with directors,Wanderin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Di Bianco combines ecocritical and feminist perspectives with acute awareness of social inequalities as she travels through the landscape of contemporary women's cinema in Italy. For its interdisciplinary outlook, \u003ci\u003eWandering Women\u003c\/i\u003e will be of great interest to readers in Italian studies, gender studies, and environmental humanities. They will discover eight remarkable women film directors spanning three generations, who treat the urban environment as a living ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Giuliana Bruno, Harvard University, author of Streetwalking on a Ruined Map\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWandering Women\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers on a lively voyage through Italian urban environments, from Milan to Rome, from Naples to Taranto and Reggio Calabria, following a dynamic canon of films made by Italian women directors. Addressing questions of ideology, geography, ecology, and aesthetics, Di Bianco's engrossing book examines figures both on screen and behind the scenes, showing how innovative filmmakers and their films reciprocally shape cinematic, urban, and affective places. This groundbreaking study is built on Di Bianco's deep knowledge of cinematic history and its many protagonists—directors, production crews, cities, ecologies, landscapes.\u003ci\u003e Wandering Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a convivial, generative conversation across generations of filmmakers. It is an innovative and timely treatise on ecology, cinema, and the Anthropocene in Italy, one that is destined to become a landmark in Italian film studies.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Elena Past, author of Italian Ecocinema Beyond the Human\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Women Make Movies in Italy\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Translation\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Mapping Italian Women's Filmmaking\u003cbr\u003e1. Walking in Resilient Cities: \u003ci\u003eTraveling with Cecilia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFegatello: \u003ci\u003eThe Nightless City\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e2. Urban Wandering, Scrapbooking, and Filmmaking: \u003ci\u003eAs the Shadow, My Tomorrow, Poetry You See Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFegatello: \u003ci\u003eOphelia Does Not Drown\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e3. Mothers and Daughters: Stories of Survival and Care: \u003ci\u003eThe White Space, I Like to Work\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFegatello: \u003ci\u003eAll About You\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. Coming of Age in the City: Garbage, Corpses, and Miracles: \u003ci\u003eCorpo Celeste, Domenica, Lost Kisses\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFegatello: \u003ci\u003eThe Macaluso Sisters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e5. A Psychogeology of the City: \u003ci\u003eN-Able\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFegatello: \u003ci\u003eIn This World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEpilogue: The Cities of Women\u003cbr\u003eFilmography\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400620482903,"sku":"9780253064653","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253064653.jpg?v=1730471132","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wandering-women-9780253064653","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}