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Beyond the Latin Lover: Marcello Mastroianni, Masculinity, and Italian Cinema
Jacqueline Reich
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Paperback. A new perspective on Italian masculinity Num Pages: 248 pages, 42 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 413.
Marcello Mastroianni is considered by many to be the epitome of the Latin lover, the consummate symbol of Italian masculinity. In Beyond the Latin Lover, Jacqueline Reich unmasks the reality behind the myth. In her investigation of many of Mastroianni's most famous characters in Italian cinema, she reveals that beneath the image of hyper-masculinity lies the figure of the inetto, the Italian schlemiel at odds with and out of place in a rapidly changing world. Diverse roles throughout his career—the impotent man, the cuckold, and the unruly woman's victim, among others—present an anti-hero caught in traditional but increasingly unsteady modes ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253216441
SKU
V9780253216441
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About Jacqueline Reich
Jacqueline Reich, Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is co-editor of Re-viewing Fascism (IUP, 2002).
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