The Italian colonial cinema
Agendas and audiences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19003433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Ruth Ben‐ghiat (New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-63 |
| Publication date | 2003-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Italy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-2944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9877 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1353294032000074070 |
| OpenAlex | W4236246720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 10 |
What role has culture played in shaping Italians’ experiences of Italian colonialism before and after the Second World War? How can the tools of cultural analysis be employed to understand the place and space Italian colonialism has had within Italian and European history? This article draws on and discusses the growing body of scholarly work about colonial narratives and representations (exhibitions, travel writings, etc.) but is centred on the Italian colonial cinema. It focuses, in particular, on the issue of the double-edged power of the visual in colonial films with respect to both Italian and African audiences. The article explores spectatorship under colonial conditions but also how the visual elements of colonial films contributed to or complicated the production of ‘colonial experiences’ among the many Italians who never set foot in Africa
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Colonialism · Exhibition · Literature · Media studies · Movie theater · Narrative · Sociology · Visual arts · Visual culture · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · History, Culture, and Diplomacy · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
Madamismo and Beyond
Popular Films and Colonial Audiences
Addressing the spectator of a 'third world' national cinema
Black Spectatorship
From A View On The World To A Point Of View In It
Of Mimicry and Man
Beyond The Fringe
Structures of Feminine Fantasy and Italian Empire Building, 1930-1940
Envisioning Modernity
Castings for the Colonial
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |