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Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945: The Politics and Aesthetics of Memory
Giacomo Lichtner
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Hardcover. From neorealism's resolve to Berlusconian revisionist melodramas, this book examines cinema's role in constructing memories of Fascist Italy. Italian cinema has both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Fascism, reinforcing or challenging stereotypes, remembering selectively and silently forgetting the most shameful pages of Italy's history. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
From neorealism's resolve to Berlusconian revisionist melodramas, this book examines cinema's role in constructing memories of Fascist Italy. Italian cinema has both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Fascism, reinforcing or challenging stereotypes, remembering selectively and silently forgetting the most shameful pages of Italy's history.
From neorealism's resolve to Berlusconian revisionist melodramas, this book examines cinema's role in constructing memories of Fascist Italy. Italian cinema has both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Fascism, reinforcing or challenging stereotypes, remembering selectively and silently forgetting the most shameful pages of Italy's history.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230363328
SKU
V9780230363328
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99-15
About Giacomo Lichtner
Giacomo Lichtner is Senior Lecturer in History and Film at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is a cultural historian and his research focuses specifically on the relationship between history and film, cinema as both a mirror and creator of social trends and the political uses of cinema to create national and political identities. In addition to a number ... Read more
Reviews for Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945: The Politics and Aesthetics of Memory
“A powerful and fluently written study of ‘the role that cinema has played in the evolution and transmission of Italy’s memories of … the long Second World War, which in Italy surely began with the Fascist takeover of power in 1922 and ended on 25 April 1945’ … . a lively and memorable work, and its disparaging and authoritative take ... Read more