Dear ListServ Administrator: Please post this to Screen-L. Also, please let me know if you'd like to review the book for your listserv. Thanks! Best wishes, Stacy Lienemann Direct Response and Scholarly Promotions Manager University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 612-627-1934 http://www.upress.umn.edu An Italian film radical shown in rich context for the first time. STUPENDOUS, MISERABLE CITY: Pasolinišs Rome John David Rhodes University of Minnesota Press | 240 pages | 2007 ISBN 978-0-8166-4929-7 | hardcover | $60.00 ISBN 978-0-8166-4930-3 | paperback | $20.00 John David Rhodes places the city of Rome at the center of this in-depth examination of the work of Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolinibut itšs not the classical Rome you imagine. Discussing films such as Accattone, Mamma Roma, and The Hawks and the Sparrows, Rhodes shows how Pasolini used the public housing on the periphery of the city to draw attention to the contemptuous treatment of Romešs poor. ŗIn this remarkable book, John David Rhodes makes an invaluable contribution to scholarship on cinema and the city. Analyzing Pier Paolo Pasolinišs Rome films and his political and emotional engagement with the city, Rhodes has provided a fascinating and moving background to this period of Pasolinišs life, vision, and politics.˛ Laura Mulvey For more information, including the table of contents, visit the bookšs webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/R/rhodes_stupendous.html Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota Press: http://www.upress.umn.edu/eform.html ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu