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Introduction: Italian Motherhood on Screen

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Italian Motherhood on Screen

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In the introduction to the volume Italian Motherhood on Screen, we aim to examine critically the representation of motherhood and maternity in Italian cinema through a series of essays that consider the specificity of experiences of the maternal as projected and interrogated in recent Italian films. Our authors propose a variety of thematic concerns as well as different theoretical methodologies, all solidly anchored in feminist criticism and film theory.

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  1. Research Fellow, Center for International Relations, University of the Republic of San Marino, Montegiardino, Republic of San Marino

    Maria Elena D’Amelio

  2. Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, USA

    Giovanna Faleschini Lerner

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  1. Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

    Giovanna Faleschini Lerner

  2. University of the Republic of San Marino, Montegiardino, San Marino

    Maria Elena D’Amelio

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D’Amelio, M.E., Faleschini Lerner, G. (2017). Introduction: Italian Motherhood on Screen. In: Faleschini Lerner, G., D’Amelio, M. (eds) Italian Motherhood on Screen. Italian and Italian American Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56675-7_1

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