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Italian fascism's empire cinema / Ruth Ben-Ghiat.

Publication | Library Call Number: PN1993.5.I88 B336 2015

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Series: New directions in national cinemas
New directions in national cinemas.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Ben-Ghiat, Ruth.
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Locale: Italy
Language: English
External Link: Electronic version(s) available. Hosted by ProQuest

Physical Description: xxiv, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents: Empire cinema: frames and agendas
Italian cinema and the colonies to 1935
Mapping empire cinema, 1935-1939
Coming home to the colonies
Imperial bodies, part I: Italians and Askaris
Imperial bodies, part II: slaves of love, slaves of labor
Film policies and cultures, 1940-1943
The end of empire.
ISBN: 9780253015594
0253015596 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253015525 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253015529 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-368) and index.

Includes filmography: pages 369-374).

Empire cinema: frames and agendas -- Italian cinema and the colonies to 1935 -- Mapping empire cinema, 1935-1939 -- Coming home to the colonies -- Imperial bodies, part I: Italians and Askaris -- Imperial bodies, part II: slaves of love, slaves of labor -- Film policies and cultures, 1940-1943 -- The end of empire.
Additional Form: Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
Subjects: Motion pictures--Italy--History--20th century.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Colonies in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Political aspects.
Motion pictures.
Italy.
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