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The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema Paperback - 2015

by Jacqueline Reich


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Italian film star Bartolomeo Pagano's "Maciste" played a key role in his nation's narratives of identity during World 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 12 films at the center of the book, recently restored and newly accessible to a wider public, together with relevant extra-cinematic materials, provide a rich resource for understanding the spread of discourses on masculinity, and national and racial identities during a turbulent period in Italian history. The volume includes an illustrated appendix documenting the restoration and preservation of these cinematic treasures.

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  • Title The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema
  • Author Jacqueline Reich
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Indiana University Press
  • Date 2015
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780253017451 / 0253017459
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Masculinity in motion pictures, Motion pictures - Political aspects - Italy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015005278
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.430

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About the author

Jacqueline Reich is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. She is author of Beyond the Latin Lover (IUP, 2004) and Re-Viewing Fascism (IUP, 2002).
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