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001 2007019336
003 DLC
005 20100627080419.0
008 070507s2008 caua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2007019336
020 $a9780520253551 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0520253558 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780520253568 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0520253566 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn125404520
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050 00 $aPN1993.5.I88$bR48 2008
082 00 $a791.43/094509041$222
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100 1 $aRicci, Steven.
245 10 $aCinema and fascism :$bItalian film and society, 1922-1943 /$cSteven Ricci.
246 30 $aItalian film and society, 1922-1943
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2008.
300 $axiv, 233 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.
520 $a"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 cinema in daily life, and offers new insights into this important but neglected period in cinema history." -- Book cover.
505 0 $a1. Amnesia and historical memory -- 2. The political economy of Italian cinema, 1922-1943 -- 3. Leisure time, historiography, and spectatorship -- 4. Italy and America : fascination and (re)negotiation -- 5. The fascist codex -- Epilogue: Resistance and the return of the local.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$zItaly$xHistory.
650 0 $aFascism and motion pictures$zItaly$xHistory.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects$zItaly.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007019336.html