Sex, the self, and the sacred : women in the cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Label

Sex, the self, and the sacred : women in the cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini

Title remainder

women in the cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini

Statement of responsibility

Colleen Ryan-Scheutz

Creator

• Ryan-Scheutz, Colleen

Subject

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Electronic books
• Feminism and motion pictures
• Feminism and motion pictures
• Femmes au cinéma
• Féminisme et cinéma
• PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video | General
• PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference
• Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975
• Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975 -- Critique et interprétation
• Sex in motion pictures
• Sex in motion pictures
• Sexualité au cinéma
• Women in motion pictures
• Women in motion pictures
• Bioethics

Genre

• Electronic books
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

• eng
• ita
• eng

Summary

"Italian poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was one of the most controversial European intellectuals of his time. Pasolini believed the 'authentic' Italy - with its many languages and subcultures, its ancient roots and idiosyncrasies - was becoming endangered, and he used his films to denounce the social and ideological forces he felt were responsible for its decline. Rather than protest with overtly political films, however, Pasolini vested ideological impetus in his principal film characters, many of whom were women." "Drawing upon Italy's distinct sociocultural history as well as feminist and psychoanalytic approaches to film, Colleen Ryan-Scheutz explores the ways in which Pasolini's representations of women reveal his concerns about the corruption of modern society. She demonstrates how Pasolini used his female protagonists to challenge dominant social values and to propose a range of alternatives to the increasingly sterile and capitalistic world of Italy and the West."--Jacket

Member of

• Toronto Italian studies

Action

digitized

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

OCLCE

Illustrations

• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

Language note

Includes some text in Italian

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography
• filmographies

Series statement

Toronto Italian studies