Federico Fellini: Contemporary Perspectives ✦ Original

Frank Burke and Marguerite R. Waller, eds.: Federico Fellini

Deconstructing femininity in Intervista and La voce della luna

Several essays, including those by Marguerite Waller and Áine O'Healy , deconstruct Fellini's representation of femininity and the "male womb," often subverting traditional feminist critiques of his "stereotypical" depictions of women. Federico Fellini: Contemporary Perspectives

is a seminal collection of eleven essays edited by Frank Burke and Marguerite R. Waller , published by the University of Toronto Press in 2002.

Scholars like William Van Watson use Lacanian psychoanalysis to explore the "hollow phallus" and the retying of the umbilical in Fellini's characters. Frank Burke and Marguerite R

The book places Fellini's later films, such as Ginger and Fred and The Voice of the Moon , in the context of globalized mass media, television, and postmodern simulation.

The collection examines Fellini’s work through several contemporary academic lenses: Waller , published by the University of Toronto

Ginger and Fred : Postmodern simulation vs. Hollywood romance Toby Dammit : The end of humanism and intertextuality Áine O'Healy