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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Thanks very much for this. I would be very interested in receiving this for review in our Journal of Contemporary European Studies. Best regards, Martha Wörsching Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies Loughborough University, LOUGHBOROUGH LE11 3TU/UK Tel +00 44 (0)1509 222998 [log in to unmask] <http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/eu/> http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/eu/ Office Hours: Dissertations: Tuesday from 10-11 am General: Thursday from 10-11 am Reviews Editor of the JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES For further information on this journal, please visit the following website: <http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/> http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/ _____ From: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julia Monk Sent: 13 June 2008 09:42 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [I-S] Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War by David Forgacs and Stephen Gundle italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear Italian-Studies Subscribers, I hope the following will be of interest to you: Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War David Forgacs and Stephen Gundle Examines the impact of mass culture and the making of modern Italy "A well-researched and well-written co-authored book which will be of maximum interest to scholars of Italian history, society, and culture alike." -Jacqueline Reich, Stony Brook University The 1930s to the 1950s in Italy witnessed large increases in film-going, radio-listening, and the sale of music and weekly magazines. The industries that made and sold commercial, cultural products were transformed by the new technologies of reproduction and new approaches to marketing and distribution. Yet historians tend to place the "real" genesis of mass culture in the 1960s, or to generalize about the harnessing of mass culture to the Fascist political project, without considering what kind of mass culture existed at the time and whether this harnessing was successful. This book draws on extensive new evidence, including oral histories and archival material, to explore possible continuities between the uses of mass culture before and after World War II. David Forgacs is Professor of Italian at University of London. His research interests are in the cultural history of modern Italy and history of the media. He is author of Rome Open City and L'industrializzazione della cultura italiana (1800-2000) and editor with Robert Lumley of Italian Cultural Studies: An Introduction and with Sarah Lutton and Geoffrey Nowell-Smith of Roberto Ruossellini: Magician of the Real. He is currently Research Professor at the British School at Rome working on a three-year project (2006-2009) on language, space, and power in Italy since Unification. Stephen Gundle is Professor of Film and Television Studies at Warwick University. His research interests are in modern Italian cultural and poltiical history. He is author of Between Hollywood and Moscow: The Italian Communists and the Challenge of Mass Culture, 1943-1991 and Bellissima: Feminine Beauty and the Idea of Italy, and editor with Simon Parker of The New Italian Republic and, with Lucia Rinaldi, of Assassinations and Murder in Modern Italy. He is currently directing a large-scale collaborative project on "The Cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italianns, 1918-2005." INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS 2008. 376 pages, 16 b&w photos, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 ISBN-13: 978-0-253-21948-0 £13.99 PB SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICE OF £9.99 to Italian-Studies Subscribers Postage and Packing £2.75 To order a copy please contact Marston on 44(0)1235 465500 or email [log in to unmask] or visit our website www.combinedacademic.co.uk (PLEASE QUOTE REF NUMBER: IS1368MC for discount) Julia Monk Marketing Manager Combined Academic Publishers Cantles Forewood Lane Crowhurst East Sussex TN33 9AB Tel/Fax: 44 (0)1424 830071 Email: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html