The Maciste films of Italian silent cinema /
Italian Film Star Bartolomeo Pagano's "Maciste" played a key role in his nation's narratives of identify during Work! War I and after. Jacqueline Reich traces the racial, class, and national transformations undergone by this Italian strongman from African slave in Cabiria (1914),...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Italian |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Italian Film Star Bartolomeo Pagano's "Maciste" played a key role in his nation's narratives of identify during Work! War I and after. Jacqueline Reich traces the racial, class, and national transformations undergone by this Italian strongman from African slave in Cabiria (1914), his first film, to bourgeois gentleman, to Alpine soldier of the Great War, to colonial officer in Italy's African adventures. Reich reveals Maciste as a figure who both reflected classical ideals of masculine beauty and virility (later taken up by Mussolini and used for political purposes) and embodied the model Italian citizen. The volume includes an illustrated appendix documenting the restoration and preservation of these cinematic treasures. Book jacket |
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| Item Description: | Appendix translated from the Italian |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 414 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm xiv, 414 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm xiv, 414 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Filmography: pages 282-293 Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-394) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-394) and index |
| ISBN: | 0253017408 (cl : alk. paper) 0253017408 0253017459 (pb : alk. paper) 0253017459 9780253017406 (cl : alk. paper) 9780253017406 9780253017451 (pb : alk. paper) 9780253017451 |