Italy through the Red Lens: Italian Politics and Society in Communist Propaganda Films (1946-79)

1. IntroductionPart I The Italian Communist Party between Socialist Realism and Neorealism (1944-1956)2. Togliatti's Partito nuovo and Italian cinema3. Socialist Realism Italian-Style: PCI Cinematic Propaganda in the Stalin EraPart II Dealing with The Modern (1956-1970)4. Peace and Sputnik, the Boom, and Television (1956-1964)5. The First Years of Unitelefilm and the PCI After Togliatti (1964-1967)6. The Workers, the Students, and The Election Campaign of 19687. The Lice and the Whale: Filmmakers, Militant Cinema and the Italian Communist PartyPart III A Decade of Living Dangerously: The Turbulent Peak (and the Seeds of Decline) of the Italian Communist Party (1970-1979)8. The Early 1970s: Unitelefilm, the Fascist Threat, and the 'Historic Compromise'9. Hegemony Within Reach (1974-1976)10. Women's Issues, Feminism, and the PCI11. Hegemony Fades Away (1977-1979)12. Conclusion