The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America / Giorgio Bertellini.

"In the post-World War I American climate of isolationism, nativism, democratic expansion of civic rights, and consumerism, Italian-born star Rodolfo Valentino and Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini became surprising paragons of authoritarian male power and mass appeal. Drawing on extensive research...

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Uniform Title:Cinema cultures in contact ; 1.
Main Author: Bertellini, Giorgio, 1967- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Series:Cinema cultures in contact ; 1.
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Physical Description:xv, 309 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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