Stars and Masculinities in Contemporary Italian Cinema

1. Introduction Trouble Men: Masculinity, Stardom, and Italian Cinema
Catherine O’Rawe

Part I. Crisis amd the Contemporary Italian Man

2. Mad About the Boy: Teen Stars and Serious Actors
Catherine O’Rawe

3. Comedy and Masculinity, Italian Style
Catherine O’Rawe

4. Boys Don’t Cry: Weeping Fathers, Absent Mothers, and Male Melodrama
Catherine O’Rawe

Part II. History, Nostalgia, Masculinity

5. The Last Real Men: Romanzo criminale
Catherine O’Rawe

6. Brothers in Arms: History and Masculinity in the anni di piombo
Catherine O’Rawe

7. Impersonating Men: History, Biopics, and Performance
Catherine O’Rawe

8. Afterword
Catherine O’Rawe

Avainsanat: Cultural and Media Studies, European Cinema, Film and Television Studies, Gender Studies, Film History