{"product_id":"between-hollywood-and-moscow-9780822325635","title":"Between Hollywood and Moscow","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of the cultural policies and activities of the Italian Communist Party, following the collapse of fascism and the struggle with popular consumer culture that led to its demise in 1991. This book is intended to those with an interest in modern Italy, the European left, political science, and media studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The book is an original contribution to knowledge based on a prodigious amount of research. . . . A significant achievement.” -- Stephen Hellman * International History Review *\u003cbr\u003e“Stephen Gundle's book is a highly original contribution to our knowledge of the culture and politics of modern Italy, combining as it does theoretical sophistication with extensive empirical research.”—Paul Ginsborg, Universita degli Studi di Firenze\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Between Hollywood and Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding work that treats the effects of modernization and the development of a mass consumer society in Italy in an original and illuminating manner. It restores a sense of the importance of culture as an integral part of political strategizing and communicates the shifting meanings of culture over four decades of Italian history.”—Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University\u003cbr\u003e\"A comprehensive account of the cultural policies of the Italian Communist Party. This is a very useful book containing much relevant information on a surprisingly under-researched topic.\" -- Donald Sassoon * Modern Italy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Between Hollywood and Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e makes an original contribution to the study of the PCI and post-war Italy in general from a cultural point of view, and reveals the importance of specific cultural strategies and transformations in the political history of the PCI.”—John Dickie, University College, London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Chapter One: Between Hollywood and Moscow\u003cbr\u003ePolitics, Culture, and Society after the Fall of Fascism \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: Bread, Love, and Political Strife\u003cbr\u003eCold War Communism and the Development of Cultural Policy \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: What’s Good for Fiat is Good for Italy\u003cbr\u003eTelevision, Consumerism, and Party Identity in the 1950s \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: From Elvis Presley to Ho Chi Minh\u003cbr\u003eYouth Culture and Cultural Conflict Between the Centre Left and the Hot Autumn \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: Crisis, Austerity, Solidarity\u003cbr\u003eThe Question of Hegemony in the 1970s \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six: Welcome to Prosperity\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Growth and the Erosion of Left-Wing Culture\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven: The Last Tango\u003cbr\u003eThe Collapse of Communism and the Dissolution of the PCI\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406025892183,"sku":"9780822325635","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822325635.jpg?v=1730494286","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-hollywood-and-moscow-9780822325635","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}