Stars and Masculinities in Contemporary Italian Cinema is the first book to explore contemporary male stars and cinematic constructions of masculinity in Italy. Uniting star analysis with a detailed consideration of the masculinities that are dominating current Italian cinema, the study addresses the supposed crisis of masculinity.

Autorentext

Catherine O'Rawe is Senior Lecturer in Italian at Bristol University, UK. She is co-editor of The Femme Fatale: Images, Histories, Contexts (Palgrave, 2010), and has published widely on post-war and post-2000 Italian cinema.

Inhalt
Introduction: Trouble Men: Masculinity, Stardom, and Italian Cinema 1. Mad About the Boy: Teen Stars and Serious Actors 2. Comedy and Masculinity, Italian Style 3. Boys Don't Cry: Weeping Fathers, Absent Mothers, and Male Melodrama 4. The Last Real Men: Romanzo criminale 5. Brothers in Arms: History and Masculinity in the anni di piombo 6. Impersonating Men: History, Biopics, and Performance