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Catholicism and cinema
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- Book Synopsis
- This volume investigates the ways in which the Catholic Church used cinema as a space for action within the complex dynamics of modern mass society. Within this context it analyses the Catholic Church's Tilm policy illuminating for the Tirst time, by means of a systematic analysis, a vast body of documents preserved at the Vatican Secret Archives and at numerous Italian Catholic archives - some of them indexed and opened to scholars. Amongst them we Tind Archivio Storico dell'Istituto Luigi Sturzo [Historical Archive of the Luigi Sturzo Institute] and the Archivio dell'Istituto per la storia dell'Azione Cattolica e del Movimento Cattolico in Italia Paolo VI [Archive of the Institute for the History of Catholic Action and the Catholic Movement in Italy Paul VI]; other only partially indexed like the Nazareno Taddei Archive or faced with the risk of closure, like the Associazione Cattolica Esercenti Cinema [Catholic Exhibitors' Association] Archive.
- About The Author
- Tomaso Subini is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the University of Milan. He has been the Principal Investigator of a "National Interest Research Project" (PRIN-2012) on the topics of this book. He is currently the Principal Investigator of the "National Interest Research Project" (PRIN-2015) Love Meetings. Cinema and Sexuality in Italy (1948-1978).
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- ISBN
- 9788869770760
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Mimesis International, (10 June 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 120
- Weight
- 302 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 210 x 140 x 21 mm
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