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The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America
- Title
- The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America / Giorgio Bertellini.
- Author
- Bertellini, Giorgio, 1967-
- Publication
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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- Description
- xv, 309 pages : illustrations, facsimiles; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "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 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, while short-lived, inaugurated the now-familiar convergence of popular celebrity and political authority"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Cinema cultures in contact ; 1
- Uniform Title
- Cinema cultures in contact ; 1.
- Alternative Title
- Promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Terms of Use (note)
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY license. To view a copy of the license, visit
- Contents
- Introduction : "Nothing like going to an authority" -- Popular sovereignty, public opinion, and the presidency -- Cultural nationalism and democracy's opinion leaders -- Wartime film stardom and global leadership -- The divo, new style heavy -- The ballyhooed art of governing romance -- Stunts and plebiscites -- Promoting a romantic biography -- National leader, international actor -- Conclusions.
- Call Number
- MFL 22-4813
- ISBN
- 9780520301368
- 0520301366
- LCCN
- 2018033486
- 40028871948
- OCLC
- 1048015940
- Author
- Bertellini, Giorgio, 1967- author.
- Title
- The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America / Giorgio Bertellini.
- Publisher
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cinema cultures in contact ; 1Cinema cultures in contact ; 1.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Terms Of Use
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY license. To view a copy of the license, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Bertellini, Giorgio, 1967- Divo and the Duce. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520972179 (DLC) 2018036816
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028871948
- Research Call Number
- MFL 22-4813