Wandering Women: Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking

Wandering Women: Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking explores the work of contemporary Italian women directors from feminist and ecological perspectives, highlighting the absence of life-sustaining communities and the resistance against dominant male narratives.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 242 pages
Publication date: 06 December 2022
Publisher: Indiana University Press

Wandering Women: Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking delves into the work of contemporary Italian women directors, exploring feminist and ecological perspectives. Often relegated to the margins of the cultural scene, these films focus on women's marginalization and the stories of displacement and liminality that unfold through urban walking. The unusual emptiness of the cities traversed by the nomadic female protagonists highlights the absence of life-sustaining communities and their longing for connection.

Laura Di Bianco argues that women's urban filmmaking, while claiming belonging and asserting cinematic and social agency, brings into view landscapes of the Anthropocene, where urban decay and the erasure of nature intersect with human alienation. Despite being a minor cinema, Wandering Women emerges as a powerful movement of resistance against dominant male narratives about the world we inhabit.

Through interviews with directors, Wandering Women deepens our understanding of contemporary Italian cinema while enriching the field of feminist ecocritical literature. This film offers a unique perspective on the experiences of women in urban environments and contributes to the ongoing dialogue about the intersection of gender, ecology, and cinema.

Weight: 380g
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780253064653