Friday21Oct 2022

Italian Studies Presents

The Italian American Prizefighter: Sport, Film, and Ethnicity


Friday, October 21, 2022 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. PST
2022-10-21 13:00 2022-10-21 16:00 America/Los_Angeles Italian Studies Presents Go to event listing for more details: https://events.chapman.edu/88994 AF 209A Schoolsfirst Federal Credit Union Conference Suite - Argyros Forum 209A Federico Pacchioni pacchion@chapman.edu

Free to attend

AF 209A

Schoolsfirst Federal Credit Union Conference Suite - Argyros Forum 209A

General Public

Everyone is welcome to attend

Italian prizefighters entered the world of professional boxing after the mass migration to the United States reached its apex and progressively emerged as second-generation Italian Americans pursued assimilation into mainstream culture. This event will explore cinematic portrayals of Italian American prizefighters. It will include a screening (1:00-2:15 pm) of clips from Robert Wise’s Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull (1980), and John G. Avildsen’s Rocky (1976), and a discussion (2:30-3:45 pm) on how these films address the social and ethnic concerns associated to the realm of boxing.
 
Dr. Irene Lottini teaches Italian language, literature, and culture at the University of Iowa. Her main research interests focus on Italian silent cinema, contemporary cinema, and the relationship between film and the other arts. Her publications include essays on Italian literature, 1910s cinema, modern and contemporary film. She has presented papers on silent, modern, and contemporary cinema at several national and international conferences.

 

You can contact the event organizer, Federico Pacchioni at pacchion@chapman.edu.

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