Orienting Italy

Orienting ItalyExplores Italian filmmakers' representations of China and the Chinese, both at home and abroad. Winner of the 2022 Book Award for Performance and Visual Culture presented by the American Association of Teachers of Italian Orienting Italy explores contemporary Italian filmmakers' fascination with China and the Chinese in both documentary and fictional films. Delineating the contours of this fascination, the book begins with the works of Carlo Lizzani

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