Italy's Other Women: Gender and Prostitution in Italian Cinema, 1940-1965 (Italian Modernities)

by Danielle Hipkins (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2016

  $73.41

  In the period 1940-1965 the female prostitute featured in at least 10 per cent of Italian-made films. This book explains why she was so prevalent in Italian cinema of this period and offers a new account of her on-screen presence. The author shows that prostitutes in Italian cinema are much more than simply `tarts with hearts' or martyr figures.