Trauma, Gender, and Rage: Rebellion as Style in Italy’s Diva Films of 1910-1920
Trauma, Gender, and Rage: Rebellion as Style in Italy's Diva Films of 1910-1920
Event time:
Monday, September 12, 2016 - 5:30pm
Location:
WLH 309
100 Wall Street
New Haven 06520
Event description:
Maria Alexandra Catrickes (GSAS, Italian Language and Literature and Film and Media Studies)
Trauma, Gender, and Rage: Rebellion as Style in Italy’s Diva Films of 1910-1920
In early Italian cinema, the film narrative tells one story while the body of the diva tells another. Through bodily counter-narratives, the divas represent trauma at the art-historical level. This talk categorizes the divas into 5 historical types, which reveal the seeds of a rebellion against sexism and racism.
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