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Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945 G. Lichtner

Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945 By G. Lichtner

Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945 by G. Lichtner

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Summary

From neorealism's resolve to Berlusconian revisionist melodramas, this book examines cinema's role in constructing memories of Fascist Italy. Italian cinema has both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Fascism, reinforcing or challenging stereotypes, remembering selectively and silently forgetting the most shameful pages of Italy's history.

Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945 Summary

Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945: The Politics and Aesthetics of Memory by G. Lichtner

From neorealism's resolve to Berlusconian revisionist melodramas, this book examines cinema's role in constructing memories of Fascist Italy. Italian cinema has both reflected and shaped popular perceptions of Fascism, reinforcing or challenging stereotypes, remembering selectively and silently forgetting the most shameful pages of Italy's history.

Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945 Reviews

A powerful and fluently written study of 'the role that cinema has played in the evolution and transmission of Italy's memories of ... the long Second World War, which in Italy surely began with the Fascist takeover of power in 1922 and ended on 25 April 1945' ... . a lively and memorable work, and its disparaging and authoritative take on cinema, audiences, and the Italian memory of Fascism is likely to become a standard account. (Alan O'Leary, H-Italy, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, October, 2016)

About G. Lichtner

Giacomo Lichtner is Senior Lecturer in History and Film at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is a cultural historian and his research focuses specifically on the relationship between history and film, cinema as both a mirror and creator of social trends and the political uses of cinema to create national and political identities. In addition to a number of articles and essays, he is author of Film and the Shoah in France and Italy (Vallentine Mitchell, 2008).

Table of Contents

PART I: REVISIONISM 1. Remembering the 'long Second World War' in Europe 2. The Blood of the Defeated PART II: RESISTANCE 3. Neorealist Catharses 4. Luigi Zampa: Fascism and italianita PART III: RECONSTRUCTION 5. Clueless Fascists and Accidental Anti-Fascists 6. Il Federale 's Apolitical Commitment PART IV: REVOLUTION 7. The Sins of the Fathers 8. Ettore Scola's Ordinary Day PART V: RECURRENCES 9. Black Shirts, Hearts of Gold: Recurrent Memories 10. Unexploded Ordnance: Recurrent Amnesias Epilogue Bibliography Filmography

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NLS9781349348855
9781349348855
1349348856
Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945: The Politics and Aesthetics of Memory by G. Lichtner
G. Lichtner
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2013-01-01
262
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