Output details
36 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
Oxford Brookes University
Book title
Frank Capra. Il cinema americano tra sogno e incubo
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Marsilio
ISBN of book
978-88-317-9793-1
Year of publication
2009
URL
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Number of additional authors
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Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Italian. Often identified as a populist maker of escapist fantasies for the Studio System this counter-reading casts Capra’s films in a new light, pointing out their profound pessimism: from social catastrophe (American Madness, 1932) to immigration (The Younger Generation, 1929), from suicide (The Way of the Strong, 1928) to social and family issues (Platinum Blonde, 1931; It Happened One Night, 1934). The adjective “capraesque” takes on a new meaning providing a worldview rooted in poverty, class struggle and the contradictions that are inherently part of the American values, myths, and ideals during the Great Depression.
