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Where is Adaptation?: Mapping cultures, texts, and contexts
Edited by Casie Hermansson and Janet Zepernick
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 9] 2018
► pp. 271–286

Chapter 16
Adaptation as defense against film censorship

Pasolini’s Salò – 120 Days of Sodom in Italy and the UK

Article outline
  • A comparison between the history of the Italian and the British distribution
  • Authorship: Adaptation and the director’s intention
  • Fidelity: Adaptation and film aesthetics
    • A different approach to Dante: The Italian context
    • A different approach to Dante: The British context
    • Perception: Adaptation and the audience
  • Circulation: Adaptation and modes of film distribution
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 16 October 2018
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