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Gundle, Stephen (2008) Stars and stardom in the study of Italian cinema. Italian Studies, Volume 63 (Number 2). pp. 261-266.
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Abstract
Before the 1980s, studying stars and stardom was not commonplace even within film
studies, let alone Italian studies. The only discipline that had any record at all of
seeking to grasp the mechanics of contemporary celebrity was sociology, which gave
rise to a number of interesting works in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This fact
reflected the organization of academic disciplines at that time. Modern languages, like
English studies, were concerned mainly with literature. Film, in so far as it was
treated at all in Italian studies curricula, was considered largely in terms of the works
of recognized canonical directors. As a discipline with a very recent history in Britain
(the first university department was established at Warwick in 1978), film studies
was concerned to establish its high cultural credentials and did this by stressing
sophisticated textual analysis of the masterpieces of world cinema. Questions
concerning the film industry or cinema and society were largely neglected. [...]
Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Film and Television Studies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Motion picture actors and actresses -- Italy, Motion pictures, Italian, Fame | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Italian Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Maney Publishing | ||||
ISSN: | 0075-1634 | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 63 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 6 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 261-266 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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