The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America / Giorgio B...
The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America / Giorgio B...
The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America / Giorgio Bertellini.
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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G 2019/3767
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English
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xv, 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Introduction : "Nothing like going to an authority" -- Popular sovereignty, public opinion, and the presidency -- Cultural nationalism and democracy's opinion leaders -- Wartime film stardom and global leadership -- The divo, new style heavy -- The ballyhooed art of governing romance -- Stunts and p...
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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[2019]
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"In the post-World War I American climate of isolationism, nativism, democratic expansion of civic rights, and consumerism, Italian-born star Rodolfo Valentino and Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini became surprising paragons of authoritarian male power and mass appeal. Drawing on extensive research in the United States and Italy, Giorgio Bertellini...
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The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America / Giorgio Bertellini.
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Cinema cultures in contact ; 1
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index.
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G 2019/3767
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74VKVe7gwzQd
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9780520301368
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305.52
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991024253775802626
