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italian studies Cinema is the Strongest Weapon
Race-Making and Resistance in Fascist Italy Lorenzo Fabbri Looking at Italy’s national film industry under the rule of Benito Mussolini and in the era that followed, Cinema Is the Strongest Weapon examines how cinema was harnessed as a political tool by both the reigning fascist regime and those who sought to resist it. Covering a range of canonical works alongside many of their neglected contemporaries, this book explores film’s mutable relationship to the apparatuses of state power and racial capitalism. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS December 2023 49 b&w illus. 320pp 9781517910846 £25.99 PB now £18.19
Italian Political Cinema
Figures of the Long ’68 Mauro Resmini Centered on emblematic figures in Italian cinema, it maps the currents of antagonism and repression that defined this period in the country’s history. Resmini explores how film imagined the possibilities, obstacles, and pitfalls that characterized the Italian long ’68 as a moment of crisis and transition. From workerism to autonomist Marxism to feminism, this book further expands the debate on political cinema UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS January 2023 54 b&w illus. 320pp 9781517911386 £23.99 PB now £16.79
The World Refugees Made
Decolonization and the Foundation of Postwar Italy Pamela Ballinger Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize (AHA) Ballinger explores Italy's remaking in light of the loss of a wide range of territorial possessions in Africa and the Balkans (colonies, protectorates, and provinces), the repatriation of Italian nationals from those territories, and the integration of these "national refugees" into a country devastated by war and overwhelmed by foreign displaced persons from Eastern Europe. CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS November 2023 9 b&w hts., 3 maps 336pp 9781501770111 £27.99 PB now £19.59
Wandering Women Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking Laura Di Bianco
Mostly relegated to the margins of the cultural scene, and concerned with women's marginality, the compelling films Wandering Women sheds light on tell stories of displacement and liminality that unfold through the act of walking in the city. Based on interviews with directors, Wandering Women deepens the understanding of contemporary Italian cinema while enriching the field of feminist ecocritical literature. INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Series: New Directions in National Cinemas December 2022 77 b&w illus. 242pp 9780253064653 £21.99 PB now £15.39
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