03432oam 2200709I 450 991078243020332120230721004041.01-135-89497-31-135-89496-51-281-93121-797866119312160-203-88488-410.4324/9780203884881 (CKB)1000000000579525(EBL)370993(OCoLC)318632847(SSID)ssj0000364555(PQKBManifestationID)11270993(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364555(PQKBWorkID)10399084(PQKB)11054740(MiAaPQ)EBC370993(Au-PeEL)EBL370993(CaPaEBR)ebr10274268(CaONFJC)MIL193121(OCoLC)318632847 (EXLCZ)99100000000057952520180706d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPost-war Italian cinema American intervention, Vatican interests /Daniela Treveri GennariNew York :Routledge,2009.1 online resource (219 p.)Routledge advances in film studies ;3Description based upon print version of record.0-415-88778-X 0-415-96287-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-184) and index.Includes filmography: p. [185]-188.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 You Can Be Like Us: American Intervention in Italian Reconstruction; 2 Roman Catholicism, Americanism and Americanisation: Ideology, Politics and Cultural Propaganda; 3 The State, Cinema Legislation and American Interests; 4 Endemic Propaganda: Catholic Production, Exhibition and Criticism; 5 Dispelling the Myth: The Popularity of American and Italian Cinema in Post-War Italy and the Response of the Catholic Church; 6 Gender Roles, the Church and the Allure of Modernity in American and Italian FilmsConclusionsNotes; Bibliography; Filmography; IndexThrough a comparative approach of current theories developed on ideology and an analysis of official documents from the Vatican and the United States Department of State, the book investigates the decisive role that American production companies played in the development of the Italian film industry and their links to the Vatican. This analysis evaluates how the Italian production and distribution industries satisfied the American political and economic interests. American political and cultural ideology of the post-1945 era, is compared with the Roman Catholic ideology in order to assess tRoutledge advances in film studies ;3.Motion picturesItalyHistoryMotion pictures, AmericanItalyMotion picturesReligious aspectsCatholic ChurchMotion picturesHistory.Motion pictures, AmericanMotion picturesReligious aspectsCatholic Church.791.430945/09045791.43094509045Treveri Gennari Daniela.1193287MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782430203321Post-war Italian cinema2761022UNINA