Indiana University Press
Migrant Anxieties: Italian Cinema in a Transnational Frame
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- Aine O'Healy
- Indiana University Press
- Paperback
- 9780253037183
- 9 X 6 X 0.57 inches
- 0.8 pounds
- Performing Arts > Film - History & Criticism
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
During a period of heightened global concerns about the movement of immigrants and refugees across borders, Migrant Anxieties explores how filmmakers in Italy have probed the tensions accompanying the country's shift from an emigrant nation to a destination point for over five million immigrants over the course of three decades. �ine O'Healy traces a phenomenology of anxiety that is not only present at the sociopolitical level but also interwoven into the narrative strategies of over 30 films produced since 1990, throwing into sharp relief the interface between the local and the global in this transnational era. Starting with the representation of post-communist migrations to Italy from Eastern Europe and subsequent arrivals from Africa through the controversial frontier of Lampedusa, O'Healy explores topics as diverse as the configuration of migrant labor, affective surrogacy, Italian whiteness, and the legacy of Italy's colonial history. Showing how contemporary filmmaking practices in Italy are linked to changes in the broader media landscape, O'Healy analyzes the ways in which both Italian and migrant filmmakers are reimagining Italian society and remapping the nation's borderscape.
Author Bio
Aine O'Healy is Professor of Italian at Loyola Marymount University, where she teaches cinema and cultural studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. Former chair of Classics and Archaeology from 2018-21.
Research Interests
Italian Cinema, Italian Cultural Studies, Transnational Film Studies
- Education
- University of Wisconsin Ph.D.
University College Galway, National University of Ireland B.A. and M.A.
Source: Loyola Marymount University
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