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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ricci, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: CA : University of California Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Motion pictures.
Fascism and motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Cinema > Aspect social > Italie.
Fascisme et cinema > Italie > Histoire.
Cinema > Italie > Histoire.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > Italy.
Fascism and motion pictures > Italy > History.
Motion pictures > Italy > History.
Italy.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 propagandistic nor openly "Fascist." Instead, the Italian Fascist regime attempted to build ideological consensus by erasing markers of class and regional difference and by circulating terms for an imaginary national identity. Cinema and Fascism investigates the complex relationship between the totalit.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780520941281

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