Italy Through the Red Lens : Italian Politics and Society in Communist Propaganda Films (1946-79)
Italy Through the Red Lens : Italian Politics and Society in Communist Propaganda Films (1946-79)
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Author(s): Fantoni, Gianluca
ISBN No.: 9783030691967
Pages: ix, 293
Year: 202104
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 193.26
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1. Introduction.- Part I The Italian Communist Party between Socialist Realism and Neorealism (1944-1956).- 2. Togliatti's Partito nuovo and Italian cinema.- 3. Socialist Realism Italian-Style: PCI Cinematic Propaganda in the Stalin Era.- Part II Dealing with The Modern (1956-1970).


- 4. Peace and Sputnik, the Boom, and Television (1956-1964).- 5. The First Years of Unitelefilm and the PCI After Togliatti (1964-1967).- 6. The Workers, the Students, and The Election Campaign of 1968.- 7. The Lice and the Whale: Filmmakers, Militant Cinema and the Italian Communist Party.


- Part III A Decade of Living Dangerously: The Turbulent Peak (and the Seeds of Decline) of the Italian Communist Party (1970-1979).- 8. The Early 1970s: Unitelefilm, the Fascist Threat, and the 'Historic Compromise'.- 9. Hegemony Within Reach (1974-1976).- 10. Women's Issues, Feminism, and the PCI.- 11.


Hegemony Fades Away (1977-1979).- 12. Conclusion.


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