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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Revisionism
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Resistance
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Front Matter
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Reconstruction
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Front Matter
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Revolution
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Recurrences
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Epilogue
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Back Matter
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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)
'In his new book, Lichtner provides trenchant analysis of the cinematic portrayal of Mussolini's corrupting and violent dictatorship. Time and again he brilliantly illuminates the construction and misconstruction, representation and misrepresentation of a past that should not be permitted to fade away. Italy today needs its past and present read with Lichtner's sensibility and critical acumen.' - Professor Richard Bosworth, University of Oxford, UK
'Fascism in Postwar Cinema brims with considered reflections on the relationship of history, film, and memory, providing a clearly written and forcefully argued account of how film has engaged with Italy's Fascist past. Particular merits of the book are its attention to the often neglected 1950s and 1960s films, and to movies that register contemporary revisionist views of Fascism.'
- Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University, USA
'In this ambitious volume on Italy's failure to come to terms with its Fascist past, Giacomo Lichtner demonstrates the leading role that cinema has played in the nation's inability to remember the entirety of its wartime experience. This is no mere overview of portrayals of Fascism in film; it is a condemnation of misleading national stereotypes and the selective amnesia of film-makers, politicians and audiences since 1945. Under Lichtner's scrutiny, films are more than reflections of the sociopolitical context in which they were made; they become contributors to a narrative of national (mis)remembrance.' - Benita Blessing, University of Vienna, Austria
Authors and Affiliations
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Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Giacomo Lichtner
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fascism in Italian Cinema since 1945
Book Subtitle: The Politics and Aesthetics of Memory
Authors: Giacomo Lichtner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316622
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-36332-8Published: 29 May 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34885-5Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31662-2Published: 29 May 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 262
Topics: Media Studies, Cultural History, Film History, Screen Studies, Political Theory, Cultural Studies