Angela Dalle Vacche is a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her professional area of expertise is in film studies, with a focus on world cinema. She specialises in Italian cinema, with numerous books and publicized materials on the subject. She is especially interested in exploring the role of gender in Italian cinema. Her book “Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema” delves into the topic of the Italian diva and the “emancipation and self-discovery” that the role offers to its female audience.