The folklore of consensus theatricality in the Italian cinema, 1930-1943 - Landy, Marcia (State University of New York Press, 1998)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331) and index
Chapter 1 - Film, Folklore, and Affect - 1 -- - Chapter 2 - Comedy, Melodrama, and Theatricality - 45 -- - Chapter 3 - The Uses of Folklore: History and Theatricality - 107 -- - Chapter 4 - From Conversion to Calligraphism - 169 -- - Chapter 5 - The Affective Value of Femininity and Maternity - 237