Streetwalking on a Ruined Map: Cultural Theory and the City Films of Elvira Notari

by Giuliana Bruno

Book Overview

Emphasizing the importance of cultural theory for film history, Giuliana Bruno enriches our understanding of early Italian film as she guides us on a series of "inferential walks" through Italian culture in the first decades of this century. This innovative approach---the interweaving of examples of cinema with architecture, art history, medical discourse, photography, and literature--addresses the challenge posed by feminism to film study while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691025339
• ISBN13: 9780691025339
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"