Pasolini

Benini illuminates the radical politics embedded within Pasolini’s adoption of Christian themes.

Stefania Benini is the 2014–15 Lauro De Bosis Fellow in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.

"Organizing her own discourse around specific typological crystallizations in Pasolini’s work, Beninini’s analysis is scrupulously respectful of Pasolini’s words and intentions, even those which are most clearly contradictory. The construction of the argument is careful and precise and draws on well-known sources but also material which has not been published in English."

Bart Testa:

"For those familiar with the film criticism on Pasolini, Sacred Flesh makes a major contribution to an understanding of the artist's thought and intentions in making these films. It is a contribution that arises from highly developed Italian research and debates."

Carla Locatelli:

‘Benini succeeds in carving out an innovative space for interpretation, so that her work is an interesting addition to the huge bulk of Pasolini criticism.’

Daniela Bini:

‘Benini’s book is a tour de force to be lauded and a must read for any Pasolini scholar.’

Daniela Bini:

‘Benini’s book is a tour de force to be lauded and a must read for any Pasolini scholar.’

Carla Locatelli:

‘Benini succeeds in carving out an innovative space for interpretation, so that her work is an interesting addition to the huge bulk of Pasolini criticism. Furthermore, her work can benefit those who are interested in ‘‘meeting’’ the ‘‘organic intellectual’’ Pasolini, an agent of Italian cultural history for over fifty years.’

‘This is a thorough study of the true intellectual Pasolini.’

Maurizio Viano, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, Wellesley College:

“A welcome addition to Pasolini scholarship, film studies, and theology, Benini’s book may well be the ultimate scholarly work on the sacred in Pasolini’s work.”