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Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943
Stephen Ricci
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Description for Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943
Paperback. Considers Italian filmmaking during the Fascist era and offers a different approach to the interwar years. This study investigates the complex relationship between the totalitarian regime and Italian cinema. It looks at the films themselves, the industry, and the role of cinema in daily life, and offers insights into this important period. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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 totalitarian regime and Italian cinema. It looks at the films themselves, the industry, and the role of ... Read more
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 totalitarian regime and Italian cinema. It looks at the films themselves, the industry, and the role of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520253568
SKU
V9780520253568
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About Stephen Ricci
Steven Ricci is the Director of the Moving Image Archive Studies program at University of California, Los Angeles, where he also teaches in the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media and the Department of Information Studies.
Reviews for Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943
"Illuminating... Ricci's book offers a significant contribution to a more nuanced and historically specific view of cinema under fascism." Film Criticism