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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
ISBN-101474425925
ISBN-139781474425926
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Number of Pages312 Pages
Publication NameSpaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads : Studies in Relocation, Transition and Appropriation
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFilm / General, Film / Référence, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts
AuthorAustin Fisher
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length6.1 in
Item Width9.2 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsThis collection of essays moves over territory and across borders previously uncharted and undocumented in existing accounts of the Western. In taking paths and routes less travelled, Fisher and his contributors show how rich and diverse the genre is in its many international, national and local guises. This is scholarship of high merit., 'An ambitious, interdisciplinary undertaking...all twelve of the studies in Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions appropriate for students working at the graduate level and specialists working in the areas of film and cultural studies. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting.', This collection of essays moves over territory and across borders previously uncharted and undocumented in existing accounts of the Western. In taking paths and routes less travelled, Fisher and his contributors show how rich and diverse the genre is in its many international, national and local guises. This is scholarship of high merit. Peter Stanfield, University of Kent, "An ambitious, interdisciplinary undertaking...all twelve of the studies in Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions appropriate for students working at the graduate level and specialists working in the areas of film and cultural studies. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting." -- Sue Matheson, Journal of Popular Film and Television, An ambitious, interdisciplinary undertaking...all twelve of the studies in Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads are well-written, cogent, and topical discussions appropriate for students working at the graduate level and specialists working in the areas of film and cultural studies. The images which accompany them are well chosen and interesting.'
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: The Quiet Man Gets Noisy: Sergio Leone, the Italian Western and Ireland, Christopher Frayling; Section I: Trans-Genre Roots; 2: Pietro Germi, Hybridity and the Roots of the Italo-Western, Pasquale Iannone ; 3: Malaysian Pirates, American Cowboys, and the Marginalised Outlaw: Constructing Other-ed Adventurers in Italian Film, Aliza S. Wong; Section II: Ethnic Identities, Transnational Politics; 4: Spectacles of Insurgency: Witnessing the Revolution as Incoherent Text, David Hyman and Patrick Wynne; 5: Emancipation all'Italiana: Giuseppe Colizzi and the Representation of African Americans in Italian Westerns, Lee Broughton; 6: Corbucci Unchained: Miike, Tarantino and the Postmodern Discursivity of Exploitation Cinema, Mikel J. Koven; Section III: Asian Crossovers; 7: Bounty Hunters, Yakuzas and Ronins: Intercultural Transformations between the Italian Western and the Japanese Swordfight Film in the 1960s, Thomas Klein; 8: Spaghetti Westerns and Asian Cinema: Perspectives on Global Cultural Flows, Ivo Ritzer; 9: Cowboys and Indians: Transnational Borrowings in the Indian Masala Western, Iain Robert Smith; Section IV: Routes of Relocation, Transition and Appropriation; 10: For a Few Comic Strips More: Reinterpreting the Spaghetti Western through the Comic Book, William Grady; 11: Transit to East Germany: the Distribution and Reception of Once Upon a Time in the West in the German Democratic Republic, Rosemary Stott; 12: Spaghetti Westerns and the 'Afterlife' of a Hollywood Genre, Pete Falconer; Filmography
SynopsisWhat links Italian neorealism to Django Unchained, French comic books to Third-World insurgency, and Bollywood song-and-dance to Eastern Bloc film distribution? As this volume illustrates, the answers lie in the Spaghetti Western genre. As the reference points of American popular culture became ever more prominent in post-war Europe, the hundreds of films that make up the Italian (or 'Spaghetti') Western documented profound shifts in their home country's cultural outlook, while at the same time denying specifically national discourses. An object of fascination and great affection for fans, filmmakers and academics alike, the Western allitaliana arose from a diverse confluence of cultural strands, and would become a pivotal moment in cinematic history. Reappraising a diverse selection of films, from the internationally famed works of Sergio Leone to the cult cachet of Sergio Corbucci and the more obscure outputs of such directors as Giuseppe Colizzi and Ferdinando Baldi, this comprehensive study brings together leading international scholars in a variety of disciplines to both revisit the genre's cultural significance and consider its on-going influence on international film industries., What links Italian neorealism to Django Unchained, French comic books to Third-World insurgency, and Bollywood song-and-dance to Eastern Bloc film distribution? As this volume illustrates, the answers lie in the Spaghetti Western genre. As the reference points of American popular culture became ever more prominent in post-war Europe, the hundreds of films that make up the Italian (or 'Spaghetti') Western documented profound shifts in their home country's cultural outlook, while at the same time denying specifically national discourses. An object of fascination and great affection for fans, filmmakers and academics alike, the Western all¹italiana arose from a diverse confluence of cultural strands, and would become a pivotal moment in cinematic history. Reappraising a diverse selection of films, from the internationally famed works of Sergio Leone to the cult cachet of Sergio Corbucci and the more obscure outputs of such directors as Giuseppe Colizzi and Ferdinando Baldi, this comprehensive study brings together leading international scholars in a variety of disciplines to both revisit the genre's cultural significance and consider its on-going influence on international film industries., What links Italian neorealism to Django Unchained , French comic books to Third-World insurgency, and Bollywood song-and-dance to Eastern Bloc film distribution? As this volume illustrates, the answers lie in the Spaghetti Western genre. As the reference points of American popular culture became ever more prominent in post-war Europe, the hundreds of films that make up the Italian (or 'Spaghetti') Western documented profound shifts in their home country's cultural outlook, while at the same time denying specifically national discourses. An object of fascination and great affection for fans, filmmakers and academics alike, the Western all italiana arose from a diverse confluence of cultural strands, and would become a pivotal moment in cinematic history. Reappraising a diverse selection of films, from the internationally famed works of Sergio Leone to the cult cachet of Sergio Corbucci and the more obscure outputs of such directors as Giuseppe Colizzi and Ferdinando Baldi, this comprehensive study brings together leading international scholars in a variety of disciplines to both revisit the genre's cultural significance and consider its on-going influence on international film industries., This comprehensive study brings together leading international scholars in a variety of disciplines to both revisit the Spaghetti Western genre's cultural significance and consider its on-going influence on international film industries.
LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.W4
