Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943Jacqueline Reich, Piero Garofalo Indiana University Press, 7. maj 2002 - 384 sider When Benito Mussolini proclaimed that "Cinema is the strongest weapon," he was telling only half the story. In reality, very few feature films during the Fascist period can be labeled as propaganda. Re-viewing Fascism considers the many films that failed as "weapons" in creating cultural consensus and instead came to reflect the complexities and contradictions of Fascist culture. The volume also examines the connection between cinema of the Fascist period and neorealism—ties that many scholars previously had denied in an attempt to view Fascism as an unfortunate deviation in Italian history. The postwar directors Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, and Vittorio de Sica all had important roots in the Fascist era, as did the Venice Film Festival. While government censorship loomed over Italian filmmaking, it did not prevent frank depictions of sexuality and representations of men and women that challenged official gender policies. Re-viewing Fascism brings together scholars from different cultural and disciplinary backgrounds as it offers an engaging and innovative look into Italian cinema, Fascist culture, and society. |
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... representation of gays and lesbians . The anthology addresses such groundbreaking subjects as the diachronic relationship between pre- and post - Fascist cinematic production ; the constructions of sexuality , gender , and race in ...
... representation of motherhood therein sharply contradicted the regime's ubiquitous maternal discourse . Through a critical examination of the nature of Fascist ideology , Italian cinema as Fascist cultural industry , and a survey of ...
... representation ; specifically , the actual subject of sex as depicted in the films , homosexuality , and the intersections between fe- male spectatorship and colonial discourses . David Forgacs's essay , “ Sex in the Cinema : Regulation ...
... representation . In presenting these often contrasting views ( for example , the different interpretations of Visconti's Ossessione ) , our aim is to broaden both the field of Italian film studies and engage xiii students and scholars ...
... representation . We opened this discussion by positing the false dichotomy of cinema as weapon versus cinema as entertainment . The ambiguity of cinema's status reflects the difficulties inherent in the study of Fascism . We be- lieve ...
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Dubbing LArte Muta Poetic Layerings around Italian Cinemas Transition to Sound | 30 |
Intimations of Neorealism in the Fascist Ventennio | 83 |
Placing Cinema Fascism and the Nation in a Diagram of Italian Modernity | 105 |
Fascism Cinema and Sexuality | 139 |
Sex in the Cinema Regulation and Transgression in Italian Films 19301943 | 141 |
Luchino Viscontis Homosexual Ossessione | 172 |
Ways of Looking in Black and White Female Spectatorship and the Miscegenational Body in Sotto la croce del sud | 194 |
Seeing Red The Soviet Influence on Italian Cinema in the Thirties | 223 |
Theatricality and Impersonation The Politics of Style in the Cinema of the Italian Fascist Era | 250 |
Shopping for Autarchy Fascism and Reproductive Fantasy in Mario Camerinis Grandi magazzini | 276 |
The Last Film Festival The Venice Biennale Goes to War | 293 |
Film Stars and Society in Fascist Italy | 315 |
Selected Bibliography | 341 |
Contributors | 353 |
Index | 356 |
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