CULTURE, CENSORSHIP AND THE STATE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ITALY; ED. BY GUIDO BONSAVER

This book brings together literary critics, political historians, historians of literature, cinema and theatre and cultural sociologists, to elucidate a fundamental area of enquiry into modern Italian history: the nature and scope of relations between the state and the cultural sphere. Recent Work On The Cultural History Of Modern Italy Has Radically Challenged Received Opinion About The Relationship Of State And Culture During The Twentieth Century. In This Interdisciplinary Book The Complex Interactions And Negotiations Of Control Are Elucidated By Way Of Case Studies Of Major Authors, Filmmakers And Artists And Their Encounters With Censorship, Patronage And Other Forms Of Direct State Intervention From Mussolini To Berlusconi; Analytical Surveys Of Different Periods, Media And Culture Industries; And New Research Into Fascist Censorship, The Resistance And Its Imprint In The Collective Memory, The Introduction Of Television In The 1950s And The Terrorism Of The 1970s.--jacket. 1: State, Culture, Censorship: An Introduction / Guido Bonsaver, Robert S.c. Gordon -- How Exceptional Were Culture-state Relations In Twentieth-century Italy? / David Forgacs -- The Fascist Anthropological Revolution / Emilio Gentile -- Mussolini And The Italian Intellectuals / Philip V. Cannistraro -- L'italia Vera: Culture And The State In An Anti-fascist Exile Journal / Deborah Holmes -- Fascist Censorship And Non-fascist Literary Circles / Albertina Vittoria -- Women And Censorship In Fascist Italy: From Mura To Paola Masino / Lucia Re -- Theatrical Censorship In Italy During The Fascist Period / Clive Griffiths -- A Micro-history Of State Censorship In Italy, 1931-39: The Case Of Henry Furst / George Talbot -- Hollywood, Italy And The First World War : Italian Reactions To Film Versions Of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms / Stephen Gundle -- Anti-fascism And Literary Criticism In Postwar Italy : Revisiting The Mito Americano / Jane Dunnett -- The Italian State And The Resistance Legacy In The 1950s And 1960s / Philip Cooke -- Ignazio Silone And The Politics Of 'archive Malice' / Elizabeth Leake -- The Double Bind Of Ignazio Silone : Between Archive And Hagiography / Stanislao Pugliese -- Television And Censorship : Preliminary Research Notes / Vanessa Roghi -- Dario Fo, Franca Rame And The Censors / Luciana D'arcangeli -- Film And The Anni Di Piombo : Representations Of Politically-motivated Violence In Recent Italian Cinema / Alan O'leary -- Censorship In The Time Of Berlusconi / Alberto Abruzzese. Edited By Guido Bonsaver And Robert S.c. Gordon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [191]-201) And Index. Cover Half Title Series 1 Series 2 Dedication Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements List of Contributors Part I. Mapping The Field 1 State, Culture, Censorship: An Introduction 2 How Exceptional were Culture-State Relations in Twentieth-Century Italy? Part II. The Fascist State And Culture 3 The Fascist Anthropological Revolution 4 Mussolini and the Italian Intellectuals 5 L’Italia vera. Culture and the State in an Anti-Fascist Exile Journal Part III. Fascist Censorship 6 Fascist Censorship and Non-Fascist Literary Circles 7 Women and Censorship in Fascist Italy: from Mura to Paola Masino 8 Theatrical Censorship in Italy during the Fascist Period 9 A Micro-History of State Censorship in Italy, 1931-39: The Case of Henry Furst Part IV. From Fascism To Democracy: Transitions And Memories 10 Hollywood, Italy and the First World War: Italian Reactions to Film Versions of Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms 11 Anti-Fascism and Literary Criticism in Postwar Italy: Revisiting the mito americano 12 The Italian State and the Resistance Legacy in the 1950s and 1960s Part V. Archive And Memory: A Case Study 13 Ignazio Silone and the Politics of ‘Archive Malice’ 14 The Double Bind of Ignazio Silone: Between Archive and Hagiography Part VI. Postwar Italy: Television, Theatre, Cinema, Media 15 Television and Censorship: Preliminary Research Notes 16 Dario Fo, Franca Rame and the Censors 17 Film and the Anni di piombo: Representations of Politically-Motivated Violence in Recent Italian Cinema 18 Censorship in the Time of Berlusconi Bibliography Index