The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America /
"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...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2019]
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Series: | Cinema cultures in contact ;
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