The Passion of Pier Paolo Pasolini (Perspectives)
by Sam Rohdie

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Book Review: A great Pasolini book for educated readers
Summary: 5 Stars

I found this a great follow-up. It's a book dealing with a number of topics related to Pasolini that most other authors have downplayed or ignored (like his work about Africa.) Yes, it's an academic book. It's released by a university press (Indiana UP), which should tip potential readers off to the fact that this isn't some sort of Entertainment Weekly level book. Still, I'm puzzled by other comments claiming this is unusually difficult or boring. (If you want difficult reading, try to read Pasolini's own essays!) I read this volume around the house during a Christmas break while drinking eggnog with my family and didn't have need for the unabridged dictionary. Feel free to click onto the sample pages here on Amazon. The prose's sentence length and complexity seems about average for adult reading to me. I guess that if you're ill-educated in critical theory and find yourself interested in this title only because of the book's sexually shocking cover (and Pasolini's scandalous reputation), you'll be disappointed. But if you want a smart account of Pasolini's work in the era of Queer Theory and Post-Colonial Studies, this is a book for you.

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