{"product_id":"mass-culture-and-italian-society-from-fascism-to-the-cold-war-paperback","title":"Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid A. Forgacs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Gundle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1930s to the 1950s in Italy witnessed large increases in film-going, radio-listening, and the sale of music and weekly magazines. The industries that made and sold commercial, cultural products were transformed by the new technologies of reproduction and new approaches to marketing and distribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet historians tend to place the \"real\" genesis of mass culture in the 1960s, or to generalize about the harnessing of mass culture to the Fascist political project, without considering what kind of mass culture existed at the time and whether this harnessing was successful. This book draws on extensive new evidence, including oral histories and archival material, to explore possible continuities between the uses of mass culture before and after World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Forgacs is Professor of Italian at University of London. His research interests are in the cultural history of modern Italy and history of the media. He is author of \u003ci\u003eRome Open City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eL'industrializzazione della cultura italiana (1800-2000)\u003c\/i\u003e and editor with Robert Lumley of \u003ci\u003eItalian Cultural Studies: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e and with Sarah Lutton and Geoffrey Nowell-Smith of \u003ci\u003eRoberto Ruossellini: Magician of the Real\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently Research Professor at the British School at Rome working on a three-year project (2006-2009) on language, space, and power in Italy since Unification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Gundle is Professor of Film and Television Studies at Warwick University. His research interests are in modern Italian cultural and poltiical history. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBetween Hollywood and Moscow: The Italian Communists and the Challenge of Mass Culture, 1943-1991\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBellissima: Feminine Beauty and the Idea of Italy\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor with Simon Parker of \u003ci\u003eThe New Italian Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Lucia Rinaldi, of \u003ci\u003eAssassinations and Murder in Modern Italy\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently directing a large-scale collaborative project on \"The Cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italianns, 1918-2005.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9.19 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45303395090534,"sku":"9780253219480","price":45.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/T1lzV0Izelp4RklNams0ZEJTaWRZUT09.webp?v=1774018227","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/mass-culture-and-italian-society-from-fascism-to-the-cold-war-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}