The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema - by Jacqueline Reich (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The volume includes an illustrated appendix documenting the restoration and preservation of these cinematic treasures.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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 <i>Cabiria </i>(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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><em>The Maciste Films of Italian Silent Cinema</em> is udnoubtedly a major contribution fo film scholarship.</p> <p></p></p>-- "Gender/Sexuality/Italy"<br><br><p>In this path-breaking book, Reich . . . provides an interdisciplinary study of the Maciste films released in Italy between 1914 and 1926, films featuring actor Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste, the strong man of Italian silent cinema. . . . Recommended.</p>-- "Choice"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Jacqueline Reich is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. She is author of <i>Beyond the Latin Lover </i>(IUP, 2004) and <i>Re-Viewing Fascism </i>(IUP, 2002).</p>
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