TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maria Elena Alampi
PY  - 2025
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1661-0261
SN  - 9781803741222
TI  - The New Italian Cinema of Precarity
DO  - 10.3726/b20619
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1309690
N2  - «This is an excellent and innovative study of one of the most crucial topics of today. Using gender, sexuality, and race as theoretical frameworks, The New Italian Cinema of Precarity brilliantly enlivens the study of precarity and unemployment as portrayed in contemporary Italian cinema. A must-have for both students and scholars.» (Dr. Paolo Chirumbolo, Louisiana State University) The book provides one of the first explorations of contemporary Italian cinematic depictions of precarity. In 2008, the world faced a significant financial crisis, leading to the emergence of the socio-economic phenomenon known as precarity. In Italy, precarity is a national issue, primarily referring to the widespread prevalence of temporary work, impacting the lifestyles of many minorities due to Italian legislation. Precarity has consequently become a recurring theme in contemporary Italian cinema, portraying characters with precarious lives marked by unpredictability, lack of job security, and material or psychological well-being, thereby becoming existential precarious characters. This book analyses seventeen popular Italian contemporary films, revealing their complex interplay between cinema and society. This interplay challenges traditional notions of Italianness in cinema and illustrates how characters’ precarity intersects with other issues such as gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity, bringing further nuance to contemporary Italian identities, which are heterogeneous and plural.
KW  - Precarity, Italian cinema, Intersectionality, Globalisation, Socio-political themes, Economic crisis, Migration, Race, Identity, Social justice, Class struggle, Cultural studies, Marginalization, Resistance, Capitalism, Neo-liberalism, Gender studies, Film theory, Sexuality
LA  - English
ER  -