| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Race War through Other Media -- Chapter 1. The Government of the Ungovernable: Race and Cinema in Early Italian Film Novels -- Chapter 2. Workers Entering the Military-Industrial Complex: Pirandello's and Ruttman's Acciaio -- Chapter 3. White, Red, Blackshirt: Blasetti's Ecofascist Realism -- Chapter 4. The Shame of Escapism: Camerini's Anthropological Machines -- Chapter 5. The White Italian Mediterranean: De Robertis, Rossellini, and Fascism's Melodramatic Imperialism -- Chapter 6. De Sica's Genre Trouble: Laughing Fascism Away? -- Chapter 7. Queer Antifascism: Visconti's Ossessione and the Cinema Conspiracy against Ethno-Nationalism -- Conclusion: On Neorealism: The Ends of the Resistance and the Birth of an Area |
| Summary |
"Cinema Is the Strongest Weapon examines how cinema was harnessed under the rule of Benito Mussolini as a political tool by both the reigning fascist regime and those who sought to resist it. Drawing incisive parallels to contemporary debates around race, whiteness, and authoritarianism, Lorenzo Fabbri presents an urgent view into the broader impact of visual media on culture and society"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 29, 2023) |
| Subject |
Fascism and motion pictures -- Italy
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Motion pictures in propaganda -- Italy
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Motion pictures -- Italy -- History -- 20th century
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Italy -- History -- 20th century
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Race in motion pictures.
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National characteristics, Italian, in motion pictures.
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Realism in motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film -- History & Criticism.
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Fascism and motion pictures
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures in propaganda
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects
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National characteristics, Italian, in motion pictures
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Race in motion pictures
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Realism in motion pictures
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2023012199 |
| ISBN |
9781452965369 |
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1452965366 |
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1452965358 |
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9781452965352 |
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