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(Re)Writing Memory in Contemporary Italian Cinema I: Identity and Representation

Session 8 - Sunday 2:45-4:15pm
Presiding Officer: 
Chiara Ferrari
  1. From Pummaro’ to Good Morning, Aman: Issues of Identity and Metissage in Italian Cinema. Donatella Maraschin, London South Bank University

    The paper discusses films of immigration in Italy with regards to the themes and the aesthetic, focusing on the specifics of the films Pummaro’ (1990) and Good Morning, Aman (2009), analysed by means of the philosophical and anthropological categories of identity and of metissage.

  2. Il calcio sui maccheroni. Giovanni Migliara, UNED University of Madrid

    This paper analyzes the importance and the presence of such a cultural pillar as CALCIO ("soccer") in Italian cinema. How it is rendered in the movies, the actual and the symbolic significance of it, the cameo of players, the artistic relevance of such works.

  3. L'evoluzione della figura del "Monnezza". Andrea Carosso, University of Genova

    Come il personaggio interpretato da Tomas Milian è cambiato nel corso degli anni fino a diventare un'icona.

Session Type: 
Special Session
Session Status: 
Closed