- 242 pages
- English
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About this book
Wandering Women: Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking explores the work of contemporary Italian women directors from feminist and ecological perspectives.
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Mostly relegated to the margins of the cultural scene, and concerned with women's marginality, the compelling films Wandering Women sheds light on tell stories of displacement and liminality that unfold through the act of walking in the city. The unusual emptiness of the cities that the nomadic female protagonists traverse highlights the absence of, and their wish for, life-sustaining communities. Laura Di Bianco contends that women's urban filmmakingâwhile articulating a claim for belonging and asserting cinematic and social agencyâbrings into view landscapes of the Anthropocene, where urban decay and the erasure of nature intersect with human alienation. Though a minor cinema, it is also a powerful movement of resistance against the dominant male narratives about the world we inhabit.
Based on interviews with directors, Wandering Women deepens the understanding of contemporary Italian cinema while enriching the field of feminist ecocritical literature.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface: Women Make Movies in Italy
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translation
- Introduction: Mapping Italian Womenâs Filmmaking
- 1. Walking in Resilient Cities: Traveling with Cecilia
- 2. Urban Wandering, Scrapbooking, and Filmmaking: As the Shadow, My Tomorrow, Poetry You See Me
- 3. Mothers and DaughtersâStories of Survival and Care: The White Space, I Like to Work
- 4. Coming of Age in the CityâGarbage, Corpses, and Miracles: Corpo Celeste, Domenica, Lost Kisses
- 5. A Psychogeology of the City: N-Able
- Epilogue: The Cities of Women
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author