Grace Russo Bullaro

• city university of new york

In Avondale Dogs director Gregor Nicholas deploys a strategy of resonance through contrast in order to comment on the relationship between life and death, portraying how his young protagonist, Paul, negotiates the passage from the tragedy of his mother’s death to the pubescent world of sexuality.

This book is the first dedicated volume of academic analysis on the monumental work of Elena Ferrante, Italy’s most well-known contemporary writer. The Works of Elena Ferrante: Reconfiguring the Margins brings together the most exciting and innovative research on Ferrante’s treatment of the intricacies of women’s lives, relationships, struggles, an...

The main focus of this chapter is a recurring theme in the first three books of My Brilliant Friend, which concerns the art of writing. In this Neapolitan epic, therefore, the question of writing about the city of Naples is the problem that Ferrante implicitly and explicitly addresses. And it is Lila who suggests that it is time to go against the t...

In 1963, President John Kennedy described Italy’s economic miracle in this manner: “the growth of […] nation’s economy, industry, and living standards in the postwar years has truly been phenomenal. A nation once literally in ruins, beset by heavy unemployment and inflation, has expanded its output and assets, stabilized its costs and currency, and...

This volume targets key issues in the controversies that revolve around migration in contemporary Italy, adopting an interdisciplinary approach to works of fiction and non-fiction. It aims to move the discourse forward from migration to transmigration; from nationalism to transnationalism. All too frequently we read stories about boats full of hope...

Drawing on the theory of 'de-familiarization', this essay expands on its former applications to literature and the visual arts (specifically cubism) in order to extend it to a reading of John Lawlor's cinematic text, examining how one brief question, 'Mum … Have you ever had an orgasm?' shatters the long-established cliché of the provincial Sunday...

This article explores the juxtaposition of various stylistic and structural elements and suggests that their accretion creates a system of counterpoint showing that although this unidentified war may be over, war as part of the human experience will never end. This discussion will be of significance to film, literature and interdisciplinary scholar...

Bigotry, racism and pernicious stereotypes, present in Italian society are examined through its cinema. This volume offers an informative, challenging and thought-provoking mosaic of social problems which, in the wake of massive immigration, have become the hottest social and political issues in Italy. From Terrone to Extracomunitario: New Manifest...

This timely and vibrant edition of essays about Roberto Benigni covers the bases of Benigni's foundations as a comedian, from his directing debut You Upset Me, his brilliant comedyJohnny Stecchino, the apex of his work as a comic actor in The Monster, even musings about the ethnocentricity of the reception of Pinocchio. This collection wisely focus...

An in-depth study of Italian director Lina Wertmuller's iconic films of the 1970's with a focus on the concept of "man in disorder" as the unifying principle. Films: The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, Swept Away and Seven Beauties. Includes an interview with Lina Wertmuller by Grace Russo Bullaro.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1993. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 368-395). Photocopy. s