PUBlishers at the Cinema. A Model for Studying the NETworks between Film Industry and Italian Publishing (1960s-1980s)

Marie Skłodowska Curie COFUND action - Come To Wallonia Project

The relationship between literature and cinema has been extensively explored, covering topics from adaptation processes to audience reception. Surprisingly, interactions between the film industry and Italian publishing have received limited scholarly attention. By mapping intellectual networks and publication dynamics, this project explores how film directors affected Italian publishing houses’ catalogs in the 1960s-1980s. On the one hand, PubCiNET investigates the contribution of film directors to Italian publishing. On the other hand, the study delves into the rise of book series and publications dedicated to cinema. PubCiNET thus relies on a sociological approach that combines the history of publishing and the history of cinema, integrating them with film and text analysis. By using digital humanities tools, the model will broaden the studies concerning the influence of different creative industries on the book market and open new paths in the research field of Cultural Heritage.