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Book SynopsisConsiders Italian filmmaking during the Fascist era and offers a different approach to the interwar years. This study 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 insights into this important period.
Trade Review"Illuminating... Ricci's book offers a significant contribution to a more nuanced and historically specific view of cinema under fascism." Film Criticism
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Amnesia and Historical Memory "Soulless Shadows": The Cinema under Fascism Didn't Exist Cinema and Industrialization Cinema and National Identity 2. The Political Economy of Italian Cinema, 1922-1943 Fascism Makes Cinematic History The Impact of the Regime's Regulation(s) 3. Leisure Time, Historiography, and Spectatorship Fascist Sports: Historical Narration and the National Body Travel, Pleasure, and Class Difference 4. Italy and America: Fascination and (Re)Negotiation Authorial States: Mussolini and MGM March on Rome Partnership and Competition with Hollywood 5. The Fascist Codex Fascist Heuristics: Major Codes of Readership Dissolution of Fascist Order, Antifascism, and/or Neorealism Epilogue. Resistance and the Return of the Local Notes Selected Bibliography Index
