Champagne Italian Masculinity as Queer Melodrama

Caravaggio, Puccini, Contemporary Cinema
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-47004-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 266 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Champagne, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

John Champagne is Professor of English at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, USA.