LEADER 04608 am 22008773u 450 001 996312640203316 005 20200229105050.0 010 $a0-520-30136-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520972179 035 $a(CKB)4100000007762235 035 $a(DE-B1597)539988 035 $a(OCoLC)1048014934 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520972179 035 $a(ScCtBLL)c19c083e-1cba-497d-a2ba-7e7a06534a23 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6983801 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6983801 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007762235 100 $a20200229h20192019 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Divo and the Duce $ePromoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America /$fGiorgio Bertellini 210 1$aBerkeley, CA : $cUniversity of California Press, $d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aCinema Cultures in Contact ;$v1 311 $a0-520-97217-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: "Nothing Like Going to an Authority!" -- $tPart One. Power and Persuasion -- $tPart Two. The Divo, or the Governance of Romance -- $tPart Three. The Duce, or the Romance of Undemocratic Governing -- $tConclusions -- $tArchival Sources -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Primary Sources -- $tIndex 330 $aA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the post-World War I American climate of isolationism, nativism, democratic expansion of civic rights, and consumerism, Italian-born star Rodolfo Valentino and Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini became surprising paragons of authoritarian male power and mass appeal. Drawing on extensive archival research in the United States and Italy, Giorgio Bertellini's work shows how their popularity, both political and erotic, largely depended on the efforts of public opinion managers, including publicists, journalists, and even ambassadors. Beyond the democratic celebrations of the Jazz Age, the promotion of their charismatic masculinity through spectacle and press coverage inaugurated the now-familiar convergence of popular celebrity and political authority. This is the first volume in the new Cinema Cultures in Contact series, coedited by Giorgio Bertellini, Richard Abel, and Matthew Solomon. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)-a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org. 410 0$aCinema cultures in contact ;$v1 606 $aCelebrities in mass media 606 $aCommunication in politics 606 $aMass media and publicity 606 $aMotion picture industry$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPublicity$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism$2bisacsh 610 $aambassadors. 610 $aamerica. 610 $aamerican climate. 610 $aauthoritarian. 610 $abenito mussolini. 610 $acharismatic masculinity. 610 $aconsumerism. 610 $ademocratic celebrations. 610 $ademocratic expansion of civil rights. 610 $adictator. 610 $aisolationism. 610 $aitalian born star. 610 $aitaly. 610 $ajazz age. 610 $ajournalists. 610 $amale power. 610 $anativism. 610 $apolitical popularity. 610 $apost world war 1. 610 $apublic opinion. 610 $apublicists. 610 $arodolfo valentino. 610 $aunited states. 615 0$aCelebrities in mass media. 615 0$aCommunication in politics. 615 0$aMass media and publicity. 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xHistory 615 0$aPublicity$xHistory 615 7$aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. 676 $a305.52 700 $aBertellini$b Giorgio, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0611275 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996312640203316 996 $aThe Divo and the Duce$92256086 997 $aUNISA