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Mussolini's dream factory : film stardom in fascist Italy / Stephen Gundle.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.I88 G88 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gundle, Stephen, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Italy--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--Italy.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Fascism and motion pictures--Italy--History.
- Fascism and motion pictures.
- History.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Fascism, Cinema and Stardom: 1. Italian cinema under fascism; 2. The creation of a star system; 3. Stars and commercial culture; 4. The public and the stars
- Part II. Italian Stars of the Fascist Era: 5. The national star: Isa Miranda; 6. The matineé idol: Vittorio De Sica; 7. Everybody's fianceé: Assia Noris; 8. The star as hero: Amedeo Nazzari; 9. The uniformed role model: Fosco Giachetti; 10. The photogenic beauty: Alida Valli; 11. The Duce's whim: Miria Di San Servolo
- Part III. The Aftermath of Stardom: 12. Civil war, liberation and reconstruction; 13. Survival, memory and forgetting.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781782382447
- 1782382445
- OCLC:
- 834962174
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