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1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages) : illustrations |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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 |
Note |
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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Fascisme et cinéma -- Italie.
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Cinéma dans la propagande -- Italie.
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Cinéma -- Italie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Cinéma -- Aspect politique -- Italie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Race au cinéma.
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Italiens au cinéma.
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Réalisme au cinéma.
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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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Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
History
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Other Form: |
Print version: Fabbri, Lorenzo, 1978- Cinema is the strongest weapon. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2023 9781517910846 (DLC) 2023012198 |
ISBN |
9781452965369 (electronic book) |
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1452965366 (electronic book) |
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1452965358 (electronic book) |
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9781452965352 (electronic bk.) |
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9781517910846 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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9781517910839 (library binding ; acid-free paper) |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000076184392 |