The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America /

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"In the post-World War I American climate of isolationism, nativism, democratic expansion of civic rights, and consumerism, Italian-born star Rodolfo Valentino and Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini became surprising paragons of authoritarian male power and mass appeal. Drawing on extensive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bertellini, Giorgio, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Colección:Cinema cultures in contact ; 1.
Temas:
Valentino, Rudolph, > 1895-1926.
Mussolini, Benito, > 1883-1945.
Mussolini, Benito, > 1883-1945
Valentino, Rudolph, > 1895-1926
1900-1999
Publicity > United States > History > 20th century.
Mass media and publicity.
Communication in politics.
Celebrities in mass media.
Motion picture industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Publicité > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médias et publicité.
Communication politique.
Célébrités dans les médias.
Cinéma > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
History.
Media studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Celebrities in mass media
Communication in politics
Mass media and publicity
Motion picture industry
Publicity
United States
Silent cinema
Fascism
Celebrity
Film stardom
Dictatorship
Democracy
Promotion
Charisma
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "Nothing like going to an authority"
  • Popular sovereignty, public opinion, and the presidency
  • Cultural nationalism and democracy's opinion leaders
  • Wartime film stardom and global leadership
  • The divo, new style heavy
  • The ballyhooed art of governing romance
  • Stunts and plebiscites
  • Promoting a romantic biography
  • National leader, international actor
  • Conclusions.

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