Book contents
- Race in Post-Fascist Italy
- Race in Post-Fascist Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “Undesirables”
- 2 Little Aliens
- 3 “Not Only a Question of Humanity”
- 4 Growing Up Black in Postwar Italy
- 5 On the Other Side of the Atlantic
- 6 Under “Expert” Eyes
- 7 Black Italians on the Screen
- Interlude
- 8 Ancestries and Identities
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
7 - Black Italians on the Screen
Two Films of the 1960s
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
Book contents
- Race in Post-Fascist Italy
- Race in Post-Fascist Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “Undesirables”
- 2 Little Aliens
- 3 “Not Only a Question of Humanity”
- 4 Growing Up Black in Postwar Italy
- 5 On the Other Side of the Atlantic
- 6 Under “Expert” Eyes
- 7 Black Italians on the Screen
- Interlude
- 8 Ancestries and Identities
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 7 approaches the issue of the emergence of anti-racist sensibilities in the1960s through the analysis of two films of that decade, Giovanni Vento’s Il nero and Luigi Magni’s Faustina, which either recognized or openly thematized the presence of the (former) mixed-race children in Italian society, but failed to have a significant impact and widen the understanding of Italianness. This chapter examines also the reception of these films and points out some limitations in the Italian left’s understanding of racism.
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- Race in Post-Fascist Italy'War Children' and the Color of the Nation, pp. 143 - 161Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022