Download or read book Stars and Masculinities in Contemporary Italian Cinema written by C. O'Rawe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stars and Masculinities in Contemporary Italian Cinema is the first book to explore contemporary male stars and cinematic constructions of masculinity in Italy. Uniting star analysis with a detailed consideration of the masculinities that are dominating current Italian cinema, the study addresses the supposed crisis of masculinity.