Il cinema italiano del secondo dopoguerra e la controversa questione della discontinuità: nuove strade, antichi territori?

The article focuses on the Italian cinema in building collective memory in post-war transitional phase. It tackles neorealist humanism and descriptive style, together with its obliteration of Fascism. These features contribute to ‘cultural trauma’: a symbolic activity reshaping c...

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Main Author: Francesco Pitassio
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Language:English
Published: Viella Editrice 2022-01-01
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Online Access:https://storicamente.org/pitassio_cinema_italiano_dopoguerre
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description The article focuses on the Italian cinema in building collective memory in post-war transitional phase. It tackles neorealist humanism and descriptive style, together with its obliteration of Fascism. These features contribute to ‘cultural trauma’: a symbolic activity reshaping collective identity. Finally, the article scrutinizes non-fiction works representing a contested area, in political and historical terms: Trieste. This final pace sheds light on the degree of diffusion of cultural trauma and clarifies how the concealment of Fascism operated as parapraxis.
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Il cinema italiano del secondo dopoguerra e la controversa questione della discontinuità: nuove strade, antichi territori?
Storicamente
film studies
cinema
italian neorealism
documentary film
cultural trauma
triest
title Il cinema italiano del secondo dopoguerra e la controversa questione della discontinuità: nuove strade, antichi territori?
title_full Il cinema italiano del secondo dopoguerra e la controversa questione della discontinuità: nuove strade, antichi territori?
title_fullStr Il cinema italiano del secondo dopoguerra e la controversa questione della discontinuità: nuove strade, antichi territori?
title_full_unstemmed Il cinema italiano del secondo dopoguerra e la controversa questione della discontinuità: nuove strade, antichi territori?
title_short Il cinema italiano del secondo dopoguerra e la controversa questione della discontinuità: nuove strade, antichi territori?
title_sort il cinema italiano del secondo dopoguerra e la controversa questione della discontinuita nuove strade antichi territori
topic film studies
cinema
italian neorealism
documentary film
cultural trauma
triest
url https://storicamente.org/pitassio_cinema_italiano_dopoguerre
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