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Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943

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Description for Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943 Paperback. Examines the feature film production of Fascist-era Italy Editor(s): Reich, Jacqueline. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; APFA; HBG; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.

When Benito Mussolini proclaimed that "Cinema is the strongest weapon," he was telling only half the story. In reality, very few feature films during the Fascist period can be labeled as propaganda. Re-viewing Fascism considers the many films that failed as "weapons" in creating cultural consensus and instead came to reflect the complexities and contradictions of Fascist culture. The volume also examines the connection between cinema of the Fascist period and neorealism—ties that many scholars previously had denied in an attempt to view Fascism as an unfortunate deviation in Italian history. The postwar directors Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, and Vittorio ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253215185
SKU
V9780253215185
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Ref
99-1

About Reich
Jacqueline Reich is Assistant Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Piero Garofalo is Assistant Professor of Italian at the University of New Hampshire.

Reviews for Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943
Each essay makes a point of correcting misconceptions about the cinema during the ventennio [the period of fascist rule], which makes this book a significant contribution to the literature. December 2002
S. Vander Closter
Rhode Island School of Design

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