Between Hollywood and Moscow
The Italian Communists and the Challenge of Mass Culture, 1943-1991
1st Edition
Published on 4. December 2000
280 pages
978-0-8223-8034-4 (ISBN)
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A study of the cultural policies of the Italian communist party following the collapse of fascismand the struggle with popular consumer culture that led to its demise in 1991.
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The Italian Communists and the Challenge of Mass Culture, 1943-1991
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The Italian Communists and the Challenge of Mass Culture, 1943-1991
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Duke University Press
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Stephen Gundle is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Italian at Royal Holloway, the University of London.
Content
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter One: Between Hollywood and Moscow
Politics, Culture, and Society after the Fall of Fascism
Chapter Two: Bread, Love, and Political Strife
Cold War Communism and the Development of Cultural Policy
Chapter Three: What's Good for Fiat is Good for Italy
Television, Consumerism, and Party Identity in the 1950s
Chapter Four: From Elvis Presley to Ho Chi Minh
Youth Culture and Cultural Conflict Between the Centre Left and the Hot Autumn
Chapter Five: Crisis, Austerity, Solidarity
The Question of Hegemony in the 1970s
Chapter Six: Welcome to Prosperity
Economic Growth and the Erosion of Left-Wing Culture
Chapter Seven: The Last Tango
The Collapse of Communism and the Dissolution of the PCI
Conclusion
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter One: Between Hollywood and Moscow
Politics, Culture, and Society after the Fall of Fascism
Chapter Two: Bread, Love, and Political Strife
Cold War Communism and the Development of Cultural Policy
Chapter Three: What's Good for Fiat is Good for Italy
Television, Consumerism, and Party Identity in the 1950s
Chapter Four: From Elvis Presley to Ho Chi Minh
Youth Culture and Cultural Conflict Between the Centre Left and the Hot Autumn
Chapter Five: Crisis, Austerity, Solidarity
The Question of Hegemony in the 1970s
Chapter Six: Welcome to Prosperity
Economic Growth and the Erosion of Left-Wing Culture
Chapter Seven: The Last Tango
The Collapse of Communism and the Dissolution of the PCI
Conclusion
Bibliography
