Righteous Anger in Contemporary Italian Literary and Cinematic Narratives

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Righteous Anger in Contemporary Italian Literary and Cinematic Narratives analyses the role of passion – particularly indignation – and how it shapes intention and inspires the work of many contemporary Italian writers and filmmakers. Noting how art often holds the power to shed light on issues surrounding inequity, inequality, and injustice, the book explores the ethical function of art as a tool in resistance and sociopolitical protest, thereby validating the axiom that ethics and aesthetics can still collaborate in the creation of meaning. Drawing on a range of Italian novels and films and examining the works of artists such as Tiziano Scarpa, Simona Vinci, Paolo Sorrentino, and Monica Stambrini, the author shows that anger can be used constructively as a weapon of resistance against negative and oppressive forces.
Review
"Stefania Lucamante displays an impressive erudition. The range of philosophical, theoretical, and critical texts cited and alluded to is wide." -- Eugenio Bolongaro, Department of Italian Studies, McGill University

"Stefania Lucamante provides a very original and insightful work, based on rigorous scholarship and critical finesse. With an impressive critical apparatus,
Righteous Anger in Contemporary Italian Literary and Cinematic Narratives is an important contribution to the study of contemporary Italian narrative and cinema. It also represents a theoretically vigorous call for art’s ethical responsibility in the context of today’s populist rage, misogyny, homophobia, and xenophobia." -- Gian-Maria Annovi, Department of French and Italian, University of Southern California
About the Author
Stefania Lucamante is a professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at The Catholic University of America.