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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786565303321

Autore

Bonifazio Paola

Titolo

Schooling in Modernity : The Politics of Sponsored Films in Postwar Italy / / Paola Bonifazio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]

©2014

ISBN

1-4426-6948-9

1-4426-6947-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Disciplina

070.1/8094509045

Soggetti

Documentary films - Italy - History and criticism

Documentary films - Political aspects - Italy - History and criticism

Documentary films - Italy - History - 20th century

Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Work, welfare, neorealism -- Sneaky sponsors -- Filming the housing revolution -- South like North -- "United Europe starts in school" -- Histories through tabloids -- Filmography -- Notes -- Film catalogues.

Sommario/riassunto

Paola Bonifazio investigates the ways in which films sponsored by Italian and American government agencies promoted a particular vision of modernization and industry and functioned as tools to govern the Italian people.