Fascism in Italian Cinema (in English)

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This course, conducted in English, is a study of Fascism through selected films from World War II to the present. Topics include: the concept of Fascist normality; Racial Laws; the role of women and homosexuals; colonialism; and the opposition of the intellectual left. Films include: Bertolucci's The Conformist, Fellini's Amarcord , Rossellini's Rome Open City , and Wertmüller's Seven Beauties . The approach is interdisciplinary and combines the analysis of historical themes with an in-depth cinematic reading of the films.