Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: January 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780253219480
Subjects: Popular culture; Social history; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; c 1945 to c 1960; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe - Italy; Media Studies; Modern - 20th Century; 20th century; Italy; Mass media; Political aspects
Description: From the 1930s to the 50s in Italy commercial cultural products were transformed by new reproductive technologies and ways of marketing and distribution, and the appetite for radio, films, music and magazines boomed. This book uses new evidence to explore possible continuities between the uses of mass culture before and after World War II.