ILCS 1160 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Benito Mussolini, Kingdom Of Italy, Italian Fascism
20 Nov 2018
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Claims the legacy of remote mediterranean race that was nonetheless. Debenedetti: why didn"t all the jews flee . Modernity and mass culture = threat to social order. Fear of social breakdown = reactionary political movements. Need to combat disintegration = harness modern tools of mass society: to build consensus, breed conformism, maintain control. Goal: to achieve 1st tier status on the international stage. Used cinema*** to help do gain support. Driven by popularity of film divas and divos . Period of crisis (mid to late 1920"s) Industry feels effects of high cost of making films and bad economy as well as foreign (mostly american) films being distributed in italy. From 500 films to only 12 by 1930. Fascist govt. becomes involved in industry to try to revive it. Mussolini uses it as a powerful tool. Istituto luce (1923): govt. run agency that regulates industry and uses cinema as instrument of propaganda and national consensus.
