The Cinemas of Italian Migration
Author | : Sabine Schrader |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2014-10-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781443869942 |
ISBN-13 | : 1443869945 |
Rating | : 4/5 (945 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Cinemas of Italian Migration written by Sabine Schrader and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italy is more strongly influenced by the experiences of migrants than many other European countries. This includes an historically ongoing internal migration from the south to the north, which is strongly echoed in neo-realism; a mass emigration mainly to western Europe and North and South America that is connected with mafia films, among others, in Italy's collective imaginary; as well as a more recent immigration influx from the southwestern Mediterranean, which is dealt with at a film leve...