Italian Americans in Film: Establishing and Challenging Italian American Identities
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This book examines how Italian Americans have been represented in cinema, from the depiction of Italian migration in New Orleans in the 1890s (Vendetta) to the transition from first- to second-generation immigrants (Ask the Dust), and from the establishment of the stereotype of the Italian American gangster (Little Caesar, Scarface) to its re-definition (Mean Streets), along with a peculiar depiction of Italian American masculinity (Marty, Raging Bull). For many years, Italian migration studies in the United States have commented on the way cinema contributed to the creation of an identifiable Italian American identity. More recently, scholars have recognized the existence of a more nuanced plurality of Italian American identities that reflects social and historical elements, class backgrounds, and the relationship with other ethnic minorities. The second part of the book challenges the most common stereotypes of Italian Americanness: food (Big Night) and Mafia, deconstructing the criminal tropes that have contributed to shaping the perception of Italian-American mafiosi in The Funeral, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, and the first two chapters of the Godfather trilogy. At the crossroads of the fields of Italian Culture, Italian American Culture, Film Studies, and Migration Studies, Italian Americans in Film is written not only for undergraduate and graduate students but also for scholars who teach courses on Italian American Cinema and Visual Culture. Foreword Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Works Cited Films and TV Shows Cited Part I: Establishing Italian American Identities Chapter 2: ‘I Don’t Do Business with Dagoes’: Anti-Italian Discrimination in Nicholas Meyer’s Vendetta Works Cited Chapter 3: Ask the ‘Dust Jacket’. Robert Towne’s Film Adaptation of John Fante’s Ask the Dust John Fante: Writer and Screenwriter. Robert Towne: Screenwriter and Director. Arturo Bandini: “Lover of Man and Beast Alike”. Camilla Lopez: A Mirror for Ethnic Rediscovery. Conclusion Works Cited Films and TV Series Cited Chapter 4: Setting the Italian American Gangster in Stone: Little Caesar and Scarface An Historical Perspective, Pre-Code Groundbreakers Remakes, Homages, and Reflections in Contemporary Culture Works Cited Films and TV Series Cited Chapter 5: Nice Guys Finish Last? Delbert Mann’s Marty Works Cited Films and TV Series Cited Chapter 6: The Italian American Prizefighter: Ethnicity in Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull Ethnic New York City ‘The Brawler’ Return to New York City Works Cited Films Cited Chapter 7: Mean Streets. A Mirror Construction of Reality Martin Scorsese: The Trifecta, the Mise-en-Abyme, and the Construction-en-Abyme Charlie Cappa: Mirrors, Windows, and the Narcissus’ Myth Mirrors Windows The Narcissus Myth. Conclusion Works Cited Films and TV Series Cited Part II: Challenging Italian American Identities (and Their Representations) Chapter 8: Abel Ferrara’s The Funeral: Taking Aim at the Stereotype The Funeral in Perspective Historical Context A Tragedy of Moralism: Mafia and Its Imagined Communities Conclusion Works Cited Films Cited Chapter 9: Good Food is Close to God: Religious Overtones of the Culinary Arts in Big Night Primo Pascal Secondo Cristiano Gabriella Works Cited Chapter 10: The Eclipse of the Godfather’s Garden: From the Agromafia to the Money Mafia Oranges and Olive Oil / Agromafia The Garden State / Suburban Mafia Westward Expansion / Money Mafia Conclusions Works Cited Films Cited Chapter 11: GoodFellas. When the ‘Kid from Little Italy’ Meets the ‘Oklahoma Kid’ The ‘Kid from Little Italy’ and His Cinematic Universe. Windows, Symbolism, and Stylistic Devices Windows Symbolism and Stylistic Devices Conclusion Works Cited Films Cited Chapter 12: Mike Newell’s Donnie Brasco between Classic Hollywood and the New Gangster Works Cited Films and TV Series Cited Chapter 13: Documentary and Italian American Identity: Time and Exposure in Alfred Guzzetti’s Family Films Making Time Exposure (2012) The New World of Film Is the Known World: Filming Family Portrait Sittings in the 1970s Conclusion: A Personal Time Exposure Works Cited Films Cited Index
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