Cinema and Fascism – Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943 - Hardcover

Ricci, Steven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520253558 ISBN 13: 9780520253551

Publisher: University of California Press, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"Illuminating... Ricci's book offers a significant contribution to a more nuanced and historically specific view of cinema under fascism."--Film Criticism

About the Author

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0520253558
• ISBN 13: 9780520253551
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244