Description: Offering queer analyses of paintings by Caravaggio and Puccini and films by Özpetek, Amelio, and Grimaldi, Champagne argues that Italian masculinity has often been articulated through melodrama. Wide in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, this much-needed study shows the vital role of affect for both Italian history and masculinity studies. John Champagne is Professor of English at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, USA. Introduction: Italian Masculinity and Melodrama 1. Caravaggio and the Melodramatic Sensibility 2. Caravaggio's Melodramatic Male Bodies 3. Tosca and Social Melodrama 4. Puccini's Sparrow: Longing and La Rondine 5. "Normality . . . what an ugly word!": Contemporary Queer Melodrama 6. Özpetek's Queer Cinema Conclusion
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EAN: 9781349501656
UPC: 9781349501656
ISBN: 9781349501656
MPN: N/A
Recommended Age Range: 12+ years
Brand: Palgrave MacMillan
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Width: 140 mm
Author: John Champagne
Publication Name: Italian Masculinity As Queer Melodrama: Caravaggio, Puccini, Contemporary Cinema
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Subject: Zoology, History
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 3552 g
Number of Pages: 266 Pages
