Italian Masculinity as Queer Melodrama

1. Introduction: Italian Masculinity and Melodrama
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2. Caravaggio and the Melodramatic Sensibility
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3. Caravaggio’s Melodramatic Male Bodies
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4. Tosca and Social Melodrama
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5. Puccini’s Sparrow: Longing and La Rondine

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6. “Normality … What an Ugly Word!” Contemporary Queer Melodrama
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7. Özpetek’s Queer Cinema
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8. Conclusion
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Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Arts, Music, History of Italy