TY - BOOK ID - 107854573 TI - Homosexuality and Italian cinema : from the fall of Fascism to the years of lead PY - 2017 SN - 9781137565921 9781137565938 1137565926 1137565934 PB - London : Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality KW - Film KW - LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, intersex and asexual) KW - fascisme KW - anno 1940-1949 KW - anno 1950-1959 KW - anno 1960-1969 KW - Italy KW - Homosexuality in motion pictures KW - Motion pictures KW - Homosexualité KW - Cinéma KW - History KW - Au cinéma. KW - Histoire KW - Motion pictures—European influences. KW - Culture. KW - Gender. KW - Italy—History. KW - Sociology. KW - European Cinema and TV. KW - Culture and Gender. KW - History of Italy. KW - Gender Studies. KW - 1900-1999 KW - Italy. KW - Homosexualité KW - Cinéma KW - Au cinéma. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:107854573 AB - This book is the first to establish the relevance of same-sex desires, pleasures and anxieties in the cinema of post-war Italy. It explores cinematic representations of homosexuality and their significance in a wider cultural struggle in Italy involving society, cinema, and sexuality between the 1940s and 1970s. Besides tracing the evolution of representations through both art and popular films, this book also analyses connections with consumer culture, film criticism and politics. Giori uncovers how complicated negotiations between challenges to and valorization of dominant forms of knowledge of homosexuality shaped representations and argues that they were not always the outcome of hatred but also sought to convey unmentionable pleasures and complicities. Through archival research and a survey of more than 600 films, the author enriches our understanding of thirty years of Italian film and cultural history. ER -