附註:Some papers translated from Italian.
Papers presented at the Conference "Italian and American Directions: Women's Film Theory and Practice," held in New York, Dec. 1984.
"Filmography: Women in film in Italy": pages 165-190.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and index.
Foreword / Laura Mulvey -- Off screen : an introduction / Giuliana Bruno and Maria Nadotti -- Editors' introduction / Giuliana Bruno and Maria Nadotti -- Women's cinema : a look at female identity / Paola Melchiori -- Conditions of illusion / Giulia Alberti -- Ecstasy, coldness, and the sadness which is freedom / Lea Melandri -- Introduction to the script of the film Scuola senza fine / Adriana Monti -- On the margins of feminist discourse : the experience of the "150 hours courses" / Giuliana Bruno and Maria Nadotti -- Female identity and Italian cinema of the 1950s / Giovanna Grignaffini -- The accessibility of the text : an analysis of The lady from Shanghai / Lucilla Albano -- Language and the female subject / Patrizia Violi.
An affectionate and irreverent account of eighty years of women's cinema in Italy / Annabella Miscuglio -- Filmography : women in film in Italy / Giuliana Bruno and Maria Nadotti.