Wandering women : urban ecologies of Italian feminist filmmaking / Laura Di Bianco.

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]

©2023

xxi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

"Mostly relegated to the margins of the cultural scene, and concerned with women's marginality, the compelling films Wandering Women sheds light on tell stories of displacement and liminality that unfold through the act of walking in the city. The unusual emptiness of the cities that the nomadic female protagonists traverse highlights the absence of, and their wish for, life-sustaining communities. Laura Di Bianco contends that women's urban filmmaking--while articulating a claim for belonging and asserting cinematic and social agency--brings into view landscapes of the Anthropocene, where urban decay and the erasure of nature intersect with human alienation. Though a minor cinema, it is also a powerful movement of resistance against the dominant male narratives about the world we inhabit. Based on interviews with directors, Wandering Women deepens the understanding of contemporary Italian cinema while enriching the field of feminist ecocritical literature"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Di Bianco, Laura. Wandering women Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2022

English

August 22, 2023

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206), filmography (pages 189-192) and index.