"This is the first book-length study to address the question of religion in contemporary Italian cinema and television. It questions why religion persists on Italian screens and how this reflects and constructs Italy's emerging post-secularity."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Ntroduction: Italy, Secularization, and the Post-Secular -- 1. The Space for Religious Filmmaking: Policy and Infrastructures -- 2. The Persistence of Religion Onscreen: Icons, Rituals, and the Arts -- 3. Countercultural Catholic Values in the Public Sphere -- 4. Protest in the Public Sphere: The Shifting Line between Religious and Secular Space -- 5. Voicing the Religious Other: Assimilation, Horror, Resolution -- Conclusion: Seeing is Believing: Italian Filmmaking Looks Post-Secularism in the Eye.
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