Rome, Postmodern Narratives of a Cityscape

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Edited by Dom Holdaway, University of Warwick, Filippo Trentin, University of Warwick

Publisher:: Pickering & Chatto
Online publication date:: December 2014
Online ISBN:: 9781781440001

Subjects:: Art, Architecture

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Until the mid-twentieth century the Western imagination seemed intent on viewing Rome purely in terms of its classical past or as a stop on the Grand Tour. This collection of essays looks at Rome from a postmodern perspective, including analysis of the city's 'unmappability', its fragmented narratives and its iconic status in literature and film.

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"‘This collection of essays by scholars of literature, film, architecture and history retains an absolutely rigorous focus on the postmodernism of a city that may, at first or any glance, seem to resist such a label.’"

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Contents

Select Frontmatter

Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-vi
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Select Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii
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Select List of Contributors

List of Contributors
pp ix-xii
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Select List of Figures

List of Figures
pp xiii-xiv
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Select Introduction: Rome, Postmodern Narratives of a Cityscape

Introduction: Rome, Postmodern Narratives of a Cityscape
pp 1-18
- By Dom Holdaway, University of Warwick, Filippo Trentin, University of Warwick
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Select Part I - Knowing Rome

Part I - Knowing Rome
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Select 1 - Between Rome's Walls: Notes on the Role and Reception of the Aurelian Walls

1 - Between Rome's Walls: Notes on the Role and Reception of the Aurelian Walls
pp 19-38
- By Marco Cavietti, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
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Select 2 - The Explosion of Rome in the Fragments of a Postmodern Iconography: Federico Fellini and the <span class='italic'>Forma Urbis</span>

2 - The Explosion of Rome in the Fragments of a Postmodern Iconography: Federico Fellini and the Forma Urbis
pp 39-56
- By Fabio Benincasa, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
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Select 3 - Centre, Hinterland and the Articulation of ‘Romanness’ in Recent Italian Film

3 - Centre, Hinterland and the Articulation of ‘Romanness’ in Recent Italian Film
pp 57-78
- By Lesley Caldwell, UCL
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Select Part II - Fragmented Topography

Part II - Fragmented Topography
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Select 4 - Topophilia and Other Roman Perversions: On Bertolucci's <span class='italic'>La luna</span>

4 - Topophilia and Other Roman Perversions: On Bertolucci's La luna
pp 79-100
- By John David Rhodes, University of Sussex
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Select 5 - Marcus Aurelius and the Ara Pacis: Notes on the Notion of ‘Origin’ in Contemporary Rome

5 - Marcus Aurelius and the Ara Pacis: Notes on the Notion of ‘Origin’ in Contemporary Rome
pp 101-118
- By Filippo Trentin, University of Warwick
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Select 6 - A Postmodern Gaze on the Gasometer

6 - A Postmodern Gaze on the Gasometer
pp 119-136
- By Keala Jewell, Dartmouth College
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Select Part III - Situating Rome

Part III - Situating Rome
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Select 7 - Ecclesiastical Icons: Defining Rome through Architectural Exchange

7 - Ecclesiastical Icons: Defining Rome through Architectural Exchange
pp 137-154
- By James Robertson, Manchester School of Architecture
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Select 8 - ‘Roma Interrotta’: Postmodern Rome as the Source of Fragmented Narratives

8 - ‘Roma Interrotta’: Postmodern Rome as the Source of Fragmented Narratives
pp 155-170
- By Léa-Catherine Szacka, Nottingham Trent University
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Select 9 - Las Vegas by Way of Rome: The Eternal City and American Postmodernism

9 - Las Vegas by Way of Rome: The Eternal City and American Postmodernism
pp 171-188
- By Richard W. Hayes, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge
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Select Notes

Notes
pp 189-212
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Select Index

Index
pp 213-220
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