Cinema and Fascism : Italian Film and Society, 1922-1943.

This study considers Italian filmmaking during the Fascist era and offers an original and revealing approach to the interwar years. Steven Ricci directly confronts a long-standing dilemma faced by cultural historians: while made during a period of totalitarian government, these films are neither pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ricci, Steven
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: CA : University of California Press 2008.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnk7q
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Amnesia and Historical Memory
  • 2. Political Economy of Italian Cinema, 1922-1943
  • 3. Leisure Time, Historiography, and Spectatorship
  • 4. Italy and America: Fascination and (Re)Negotiation
  • 5. Fascist Codex
  • Epilogue. Resistance and the Return of the Local.