MCLC: intersections of Italian and Chinese cinemas

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Flavia Laviosa <flaviosa at wellesley.edu>
Subject: intersections of Italian and Chinese cinemas
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The Editor is delighted to announce the issue 2.1 of Journal of Italian
Cinema & Media Studies.

This special issue, the first in a volume that examines the historical and
artistic influence of Italian cinema on Asian cinema, features six
articles that examine the intersections between Italian and Chinese
cinemas.

In this issue, Elena Pollacchi explores the influence of Italian
neorealist tradition on contemporary Chinese film directors, while Thomas
Chen aims to stimulate discussion on the role of dubbed films as
translations, focusing on the Italian film Bicycle Thieves. In his
article, Chen examines the practice of dubbing, the reception of dubbed
films in the PRC, and the work of censorship in selecting foreign films
for import.

Xin Liu documents the Chinese reception of Italian director Michelangelo
Antonioni's documentary Chung Kuo/China (1972). Although Antonioni was
invited to make the film by the Chinese government, the film was banned in
1974, and was not shown again in China until 2004. Stefano Bona also
examines Chung Kuo, comparing the representation of China in the film to
that in Gianni Amelio's La stella che non c'è/The Missing Star, made 30
years later.

Finally, representations of 'Chineseness' and 'Asianness' are examined by
Eddie Bertozzi in his article that explores Chinese identity in Shun Li
and the Poet and The Arrival of Wang, while Ivo Ritzer looks at
representations of 'Asianness' in the Italian Western.
To view the full contents, abstracts and articles, please click here:

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/jicms/2014/00000002/0000000
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Journal’s URL: 

http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals../view-Journal,id=215/

Principal Editor: Flavia Laviosa, Wellesley College |
flaviosa at wellesley.edu <http://flaviosa@wellesley.edu/>
First Associate Editor:  Grace Russo Bullaro, City University of New York
| grace.bullaro at lehman.cuny.edu
Second Associate Editor: Stephen Gundle, University of Warwick |
S.Gundle at warwick.ac.uk
Third Associate Editor: Milly Buonanno, University of Rome La Sapienza
Reviews Editor: Ellen Nerenberg, Wesleyan University |
enerenberg at wesleyan.edu
Published by Intellect, Volume 2, 2014, 3 issues per volume
ISSN: 20477368, Online ISSN: 20477376

-- 
Flavia Laviosa 
<http://academics.wellesley.edu/Italian/flaviosa/index.html>, Senior
Lecturer
Department of Italian Studies & Cinema and Media Studies Program
Director, Winter Session Study Abroad in Rome
<http://www.wellesley.edu/Italian/flaviosa/wintersession.html>
Faculty Fellow, Madeleine Albright Institute for Global Affairs
Founder & Editor, Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=215/>

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