Italian fascism's empire cinema / Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
Italian fascism's empire cinema / Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
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Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
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G 2016/2053
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English
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Physical content
xxiv, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
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 -- Th...
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Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Date Published
[2015]
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"Ruth Ben-Ghiat provides the first in-depth study of feature and documentary films produced under the auspices of Mussolini's government that took as their subjects or settings Italy's African and Balkan colonies. These "empire films" were Italy's entry into an international market for the exotic. The films engaged its most experienced and cosmopol...
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Italian fascism's empire cinema / Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
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New directions in national cinemas
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-368) and index.
Includes filmography: pages 369-374).
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G 2016/2053
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74VKzb6LE7PX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzb6LE7PX
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9780253015525
MMS ID
991023563419702626
