Michael Guarneri

Vampires in Italian Cinema, 1956-1975

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Demonstrates how and why the transnational figure of the vampire was appropriated by Italian genre filmmakers between 1956 and 1975

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 232mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781474458122
• ISBN-10: 1474458122
• Artikelnr.: 63158632

Autorenporträt

Michael Guarneri has a PhD in Film Studies from Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne). He freelances as a film critic.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Tables
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
PART I: THE INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT
1. The Italian film industry (1945-1985)
2. Italian vampire cinema (1956-1975)
PART II: VAMPIRE SEX AND VAMPIRE GENDER
3. Female vampires
4. Male vampires
PART III: SANGUINE ECONOMY, BLOODY POLITIC
5. Vampires of the late 1950s and early 1960s
6. Post-1968 vampires
Appendix A: Three Italian vampire films that were never made
Appendix B: Files from the Italian Show Business Bureau fonds at the
Archivio Centrale dello Stato in Rome
Bibliography
Index