Italian Masculinity as Queer Melodrama: Caravaggio, Puccini, Contemporary Cinema

Champagne, John

Offering queer analyses of paintings by Caravaggio and Puccini and films by Özpetek, Amelio, and Grimaldi, Champagne argues that Italian masculinity has often been articulated through melodrama. Wide in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, this much-needed study shows the vital role of affect for both Italian history and masculinity studies.

EAN

9781349501656

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published

8 November 2015

Pages

266