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The Divo and the Duce : promoting film stardom and political leadership in 1920s America / Giorgio Bertellini

Bertellini, Giorgio,i1967- [Verfasser]

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2019

New York : JSTOR

1 Online-Ressource

Cinema cultures in contact ; 1

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-520-97217-9 ; 0-520-97217-1 ; 978-0-520-30136-8

AP 44983 AP 46800 AP 46900

 

Valentino, Rudolph, 1895-1926  Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945  USA  Öffentlichkeitsarbeit  Massenmedien  Politische Kommunikation  Starkult  Filmwirtschaft  Geschichte 1920-1930 

 

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"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 research in the United States and Italy, Giorgio Bertellini's work shows how their popularity, both political and erotic, largely depended on the efforts of public opinion managers, including publicists, journalists, and even ambassadors. Beyond the democratic celebrations of the Jazz Age, the promotion of their charismatic masculinity, while short-lived, inaugurated the now-familiar convergence of popular celebrity and political authority"--Provided by publisher.