Cinema of Anxiety: A Psychoanalysis of Italian NeorealismUniversity of Texas Press, 1999 - 190 من الصفحات The "new" realism of Italian cinema after World War II represented and in many ways attempted to contain the turmoil of a society struggling to rid itself of Fascism while fighting off the threat of radical egalitarianism at the same time. In this boldly revisionist book, Vincent F. Rocchio combines Lacanian psychoanalysis with narratology and Marxist critical theory to examine the previously neglected relationship between Neorealist films and the historical spectators they address. Rocchio builds his analysis around case studies of the films Rome: Open City, Bicycle Thieves, La Terra Trema, Bitter Rice, and Senso. Through the lens of psychoanalysis, he challenges the traditional understanding of Neorealism as a progressive cinema and instead reveals the anxieties it encodes: a society in political turmoil, an economic system in collapse, and a national cinema in ruins; while war, occupation, collaboration, and retaliation remain a part of everyday life. These case studies demonstrate how Lacanian psychoanalysis can play a key role in analyzing the structure of cinematic discourse and its strategies of containment. As one of the first books outside of feminist film theory to bring the ideas of Lacan to theories of cinema, this book offers innovative methods that reinvigorate film analysis. Clear and detailed insights into both Italian culture and the films under investigation will make this engaging reading for anyone interested in film and cultural studies. |
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A Psychoanalysis of Italian Neorealism Vincent F. Rocchio. in memoria di Vincenzo ed Antonia Rocchio e figli Domenico , Maria , ed Anthony , mio padre nobile Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Revisiting Psychoanalysis and the.
A Psychoanalysis of Italian Neorealism Vincent F. Rocchio. Acknowledgments This project started off , humbly enough , as a research paper while I was a graduate student at New York University . Even though I immediately recog- nized that ...
A Psychoanalysis of Italian Neorealism Vincent F. Rocchio. further ahead of me in the program and a role model for being a genial and supportive colleague , kindly pointed up my glaring omission of the role of the Catholic church in the ...
A Psychoanalysis of Italian Neorealism Vincent F. Rocchio. to both scholarship and people that she has been a great role model for sev- eral scholars , none more than me . In conclusion I would note that it is not really in vogue to ...
A Psychoanalysis of Italian Neorealism Vincent F. Rocchio. Over a month later I went to visit my brother and his family in their apartment in Brooklyn . Kathy , Jason , and Lindsey were playing in the living room when I arrived . I was ...
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Revisiting Psychoanalysis and the Cinema | 9 |
Rome Open City ANXIETY IDEOLOGY AND CULTURAL CONTAINMENT | 29 |
Bicycle Thieves IDENTIFICATION FOCALIZATION AND RESTORATION | 53 |
La terra trema SUBVERTING AND STRUCTURING MEANING | 79 |
Bitter Rice THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED DIVA | 105 |
Senso DEGENERATE MELODRAMA? | 127 |
Psychoanalysis Cinematic Representation and Cultural Studies | 147 |
Notes | 159 |
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