Description: 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 cosmopolitan directors (Augusto Genina, Mario Camerini) as well as new filmmakers (Roberto Rossellini) who would make their marks in the postwar years. Ben-Ghiat sees these films as part of the aesthetic development that would lead to neo-realism. Shot in Libya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, these movies reinforced Fascist racial and labor policies and were largely forgotten after the war. Ben-Ghiat restores them to Italian and international film history in this gripping account of empire, war, and the cinema of dictatorship.
Price: 24.46 GBP
Location: Gloucester
End Time: 2024-12-30T23:37:09.000Z
Shipping Cost: 21.65 GBP
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 60 days
Return policy details:
EAN: 9780253015594
UPC: 9780253015594
ISBN: 9780253015594
MPN: N/A
Book Title: Italian Fascism's Empire Cinema (New Directions in
Item Length: 24.4 cm
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Italian Fascism's Empire Cinema
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: History
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 540 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Series: New Directions in National Cinemas
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
