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- ‘Agente Segreto X-9’ 114–15, 117, 123, 128, 142
- Alessandrini, Goffredo 193
- Alfieri, Dino 34 & n. 17, 39–40, 42, 101, 134–35, 195, 199–201
- Annabella 13, 46, 49, 210, 237–38, 255
- Almanacco letterario 47
- Alvaro, Corrado 80, 164, 183
- America 10, 64–65, 67 comics of 16–17, 46, 51–53, 80, 83–85, 89–90, 93, 96, 98, 100–01, 103, 105–09, 114–17, 119–20, 123 n. 68, 125, 128–29, 130 n. 76, 131–32, 134, 136, 138–41, 145–52, 156–59, 256–57, 261 culture of 15, 17–18, 63–65, 69–74, 76–77, 80–81, 84, 87, 157–58, 166, 169, 172, 178, 181, 186, 189, 197, 202, 259–60 image of 4, 10, 18, 71, 166, 178, 197–98 influence of 15, 23, 43, 54, 62–63, 63, 77–78, 80, 84, 93, 100, 104 n. 41, 112, 121–22, 134, 145, 150–52, 157–59, 167–68, 172, 180–81, 185, 187 n. 72, 189, 191, 193–94, 196–97, 199, 206, 215, 241, 255, 256, 257, 259–62 myth of 10, 64 n. 18, 72 n. 38, 80, 128, 158, 197, 259 violence of 67, 72, 129, 197–98 women in 74–77, 178, 197, 208
- Americanisation 15–16, 23, 63, 65, 85, 104 n. 41, 122, 128, 134, 137, 139, 152, 157, 185
- Ansaldo, Giovanni 47 & n. 41, 163
- anti-Americanism 64, 67–70, 72, 74, 129, 166, 196, 260
- anti-Fascism 47 n. 41, 48–50, 64 n. 18, 146, 166
- L’Audace 98–99, 128
- autarchy 2–5, 10, 24, 63, 167, 183 campaign for 9, 11, 42, 51, 54, 81, 84, 125, 179
- L’Avventuroso 3–4, 15–17, 21–23, 25, 42–43, 45 n. 37, 46, 51–53, 83–85, 88, 98–99, 106–50, 152–59, 167, 206, 255, 257–59, 261
- balilla 9, 92, 112, 121
- Baraldi, Ita 217, 244–52
- Baroli, Amerigo 164
- beauty, model of 53–54, 75, 76–77, 80, 208, 222, 234, 236, 251–53
- behaviour 75, 226 models of 52, 85, 208
- La Belle équipe 192
- Bemporad 19, 45
- Benedetti, Arrigo 80, 164, 168–69, 186, 202
- Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung 59–62, 167
- Bertoldo 49
- Bianchi, Alberto 217
- Bianchi, Franco 93 n. 20
- ‘Bibì e Bibò’ see ‘Katzenjammer Kids’
- Blatt der Hausfrau see Brigitte
- Boccasile, Gino 213 n. 21, 217
- Bontà, Wanda 80, 217, 230
- Bontempelli, Massimo 44, 204 n. 2
- Bragiotti, Giulia 185
- Brancati, Vitaliano 183
- Brigitte 216
- Brin, Irene 53, 80, 164
- ‘Bringing Up Father’ 138
- Buffalo Bill 46, 53, 106, 178
- business, imperatives of 48–50, 52, 107, 259–60
- ‘Buster Brown’ 89
- Buzzati, Dino 80, 164, 183, 185
- Caesar, Kurt 100
- Cain, James 185–86
- Calderini, Emma 217
- Capa, Robert 61
- captions 61 n. 13, 90, 92–93, 95–96, 98, 115–17, 120, 122, 136, 147, 170, 174–76, 188–89, 197, 224
- cartoons 98, 104 n. 41, 105, 176–77, 191
- Casa Editrice Italia 43
- Catholicism 100, 117, 141, 205
- Cecchi, Emilio (Il Tarlo) 66–67, 75 n. 44, 129, 164, 171, 181 n. 55, 186, 197, 260
- censorship 194, 196 Fascist 1, 18, 21, 32–34, 40–41, 43, 49, 63, 69, 77, 81, 84, 100, 101, 129, 137–38, 141, 144, 163, 180, 183, 196 n. 92, 205, 257, 259–60 impact of 3–4, 16–17, 51–52, 109, 179
- Ceretti, Emilio 171, 185
- children 80, 176, 207, 209, 224, 229–30, 232–33 as comic-strip heroes 114, 116–17, 123 education of 74, 84, 88, 91–94, 95–96, 102–03, 116, 117, 119, 139 magazines for 14, 37, 42, 46, 83–85, 86, 89, 97–98, 102–06, 112, 119, 126, 127–28, 138–39 contamination by 102–06 language in 90–91, 92–93, 96, 98, 124–25 as readers 90, 97, 100–101, 104–06, 109
- Ciano, Galeazzo 32–33
- cinema 17–18, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39, 47, 48 n. 42, 78, 164, 174 n. 35, 176, 178–79, 186–87, 190–91, 194–95, 204–05, 208, 227–28 American 104 n. 41, 193 Italian 190, 192–93
- Cinema Illustrazione 18 n. 29, 46–47, 49, 189 n. 76
- ‘Cino e Franco’ 53 n. 51, 96, 114 n. 54
- Cipolla, Arnaldo 75
- colour 56, 89 n. 12 & 13, 104 n. 41, 116 n. 57, 117–19 & n. 59, 123–24 & n. 70, 133, 138 n. 86, 148, 207 n. 8, 210–11, 213 n. 21, 256 n. 1
- comic strips 11, 17, 46, 84–87, 89, 93 n. 20, 94, 96, 98–99, 106, 110, 112, 114–17, 119–20, 122, 132–34, 137–39, 145, 147, 149, 151, 164, 172–73, 256
- comics adventure 46, 51, 85, 93–94, 98, 100 n. 32, 101–08, 110, 116–17, 121, 125, 128, 130, 139, 145–46, 151–52, 157–58, 261 American 16–17, 23, 46, 51–52, 80, 83–86, 89–90, 93, 100, 103, 105–10, 114–17, 119, 120, 123 n. 68, 125, 128–29, 130 n. 76, 131–32, 134, 138–40, 145–52, 156–59, 256–57, 260–61 Golden Age of 83, 108, 136, 138 heroes in 53, 84–85, 87–88, 99–101, 104–06 & n. 44, 107, 112, 114, 115 & n. 56, 117 & n. 58, 119, 122, 123–24, 133, 134, 135–36, 137–38, 140, 144–46, 152–53, 156, 157, 256 Italian 4, 16–17, 23, 44 n. 35, 46, 83–87, 90–91, 94, 96, 98, 100, 104, 108–10, 116 n. 57, 117, 120, 122, 128–29, 134, 138–41, 145, 149, 152, 157–59, 255 traditional 90, 95, 98, 106, 120, 261
- Confidences 203, 214–15
- consumerism 12, 43, 54, 67, 73–74, 205
- Corriere dei Piccoli 86, 89, 92, 93 n. 20, 94 n. 22, 110, 117, 119, 121
- Corriere della Sera 29, 50, 56, 66, 86, 162 n. 2, 238 n. 65, 255
- Corrierino see Corriere dei Piccoli
- Cossio, Carlo 106 n. 44, 108, 120, 128 n. 73
- crime fiction 50 n. 47, 179, 181–83, 185, 192
- crisis-woman (donna-crisi) 76 & n. 45, 208
- culture control of 1–2, 4, 14, 34–35, 40, 48, 54, 102, 259 Fascist 10, 18, 21, 30, 34–35, 37, 39, 41–42, 64 n. 18, 65, 150, 252, 261 Italian 1–2, 15, 26, 30, 36, 41, 44 n. 35, 50 n. 47, 51, 54, 77 n. 48, 80, 84, 93, 94, 157 n. 97, 158, 167, 183, 193, 202, 217, 253, 256–57, 261 mass 26, 42, 64, 204 popular 4–6, 14–15, 23, 26, 34–37, 40, 43, 54, 138, 147, 158–59, 166, 196, 261–62
- Die Dame 216
- Dandolo, Milly 44
- D’Annunzio, Gabriele 44, 178
- dialogue, multicultural 16, 23, 253, 255, 257, 260–61
- Diana Palmer/Diana Palmesi 124–25, 126, 127, 140, 150, 152, 155
- ‘Dick Fulmine’ 106 n. 44, 128 n. 73
- La Domenica del Corriere 56
- La Donna 13, 43, 47, 237 n. 62
- Donna Fascista 50
- Drago, Antonietta 164, 187, 194–96
- drawings, style of 100, 122 & n. 67, 150–51, 152, 157
- emancipation 74–76, 140
- Emanuel, Guglielmo 96, 129, 136–37
- England 56, 170, 174, 256 n. 1
- eroticism 38 n. 26, 136–37, 139–41, 142, 143, 144, 150, 151, 152, 208
- Ethiopia 4, 10, 24, 34, 51, 68 n. 29, 120 n. 62
- Ethiopians 121, 140, 155
- Eva 13, 204 n. 3, 207, 210, 219–20, 237, 255
- Falk, Lee 123, 124, 136, 152
- family, the 21, 46, 70, 74–76, 84, 139, 204, 208, 210, 228, 234, 236, 244 life of 38, 42, 138
- Fancelli, Emilio 46, 108, 112, 113, 116 n. 57, 120–21
- Fantoni, Guido 108, 134
- Farrell, James T. 183
- ‘Fasciolino’ 92
- Fascistisation 29, 76, 92, 259
- fashion 22, 43, 56, 61, 65, 75–76, 164, 204, 206 n. 7, 208, 213, 215, 217, 219–21, 224–25, 228, 235, 241–43, 252
- Faulkner, William 180, 183
- femininity, model of 19–20, 75–76, 138–40, 144, 150, 205–06, 220–22, 236
- film American 12, 187, 190–91 Italian 174 n. 35, 190–91, 194
- film industry 18, 190, 194 American 18, 187, 194, 195, 196 n. 92 Italian 63, 186–87, 193–94
- First World War see Great War, the
- Flaiano, Ennio 164
- flapper, the 74–76, 208, 216
- ‘Flash Gordon’ 85, 88, 96 n. 27, 100 n. 32, 110, 112, 116 n. 57, 117, 119, 124, 128, 129, 130, 136, 140, 143, 145–49, 151, 152, 153, 157
- ‘Fortunello’ see ‘Happy Hooligan’
- La fossa degli angeli 174 n. 35, 191
- France 18, 56, 59, 78–79, 83 n. 2, 167, 169 n. 22, 175, 182, 232, 258
- The Funnies 85 & n. 5
- Funnies on Parade 86 & n. 6
- Gentile, Giovanni 2, 5, 162 n. 2, 221 n. 34, 226, 234
- Germany 1, 6 n. 9, 34 n. 17, 49, 51 n. 48, 56, 59–60, 68 n. 26, 78 & n. 50, 83 n. 2, 137, 167, 175, 180, 222 n. 35, 258
- Gerarchia 68, 162 n. 2, 238 n. 65
- I Gialli crime series 50–51, 182 n. 59, 183
- Gioia! 13, 210, 219–20, 237
- Il Giornale dei Balilla 91, 92
- Il Giornale di Cino e Franco 114, 127–28
- Il Giornalino della Domenica 89, 93
- Gioventù Sportiva 50
- Gold Diggers 198
- Good Housekeeping 215–16
- Gramsci, Antonio 5, 16 n. 8, 261
- Gran Consiglio, il 31, 91, 255
- Le Grandi Firme 47
- Grazia 3, 13, 15, 18–23, 25, 41, 43, 46, 51–52, 139, 166 n. 13, 177 n. 48, 203, 206–07, 210–15, 217–53, 255, 257–61
- Great Britain 162 n. 2, 169–70, 174–75
- Great War, the 5–6, 24, 64, 66, 92 n. 19, 133, 199, 204
- ‘Guido Ventura’ 99
- Gulf Comic Weekly 86
- Gulf Oil 86
- Halper, Albert 185
- ‘Happy Hooligan’ 89, 90
- Hecht, Ben 183 & n. 60
- Hilton, James 185
- Hollywood 18, 22, 53–54, 77, 80, 104, 112, 115, 139, 159, 179, 186–99, 202, 206, 208, 216, 222, 241, 259
- housewife 22, 49, 74, 210, 215, 218, 225
- Hughes, Richard 185
- ideals, Fascist 8–9, 19–20, 36, 43, 51, 76, 91, 100, 103, 140, 143, 156, 221, 226, 231, 236, 251–53, 260
- identity, national 24, 26, 41, 64, 81
- ideology, Fascist 1–2, 5–10, 31, 35 n. 18, 36, 38–39, 42, 54, 71, 92, 95, 100, 121, 134, 138, 220, 226, 230, 257–58, 259–61
- The Illustrated London News 56 n. 3, 59
- L’Illustration 56 n. 3, 59, 61
- L’Illustrazione Italiana 56
- L’Illustrazione popolare 58 n. 5
- Die Illustrierte Zeitung 56 n. 3, 59
- images 13, 17–18, 38, 44, 46–49, 53, 56, 58–62, 72, 90–91, 94–95, 97–98, 109, 112, 134, 137, 164, 166–70, 172–79, 187 & n. 71, 197–98, 202, 213 n. 21, 224, 225 n. 38, 253, 257
- imports 10–11, 26, 102, 167 n. 18, 195, 199 American 101, 194, 195 n. 90
- influence American see America, influence of Catholic 206, 220 European 17, 23, 59, 62, 159, 187 n. 72, 215 Fascist 12, 20–23, 41–42, 54, 91, 226, 233, 260, 262 of foreign culture 1–3, 12, 15, 17–18, 48, 87, 169, 179–80, 206, 260–61
- innovation 3, 16, 46, 55, 58, 60, 71, 78, 93, 108–09, 119, 131–32, 204, 219
- interwar years 1, 14–15, 18, 24–25, 58, 63, 65, 78, 83, 159, 167, 258, 261–62
- Italian East Africa 4 n. 5, 100, 130, 156
- Italianisation 15, 17, 21, 23, 90, 100, 114, 139, 152, 157–58, 217, 255
- italianità 8, 143
- L’Italiano 161
- Italo-Ethiopian War 4, 10, 130, 180
- Italy 1, 4 n. 5, 6–7, 10, 12–13, 15–17, 21, 23, 32, 34, 36, 43, 49, 50 n. 47, 51, 53 n. 51, 54–56, 58–60, 63–67, 70, 78–80, 83–84, 86–90, 93, 96, 102, 106, 110, 126, 129, 135, 138, 140–41, 146, 158–59, 161, 167, 169, 175, 176, 179, 182, 186, 190–91, 193–94, 196–97, 204, 206, 222, 232, 241, 252–53, 255–57, 259–61 Fascist 1–3, 5–6, 15, 25, 26, 30, 51 n. 48, 62–65, 67 n. 26, 68–69, 71, 104, 250, 259, 261 image of 30, 32, 66 population of 1, 8, 21, 29, 186, 237
- L’Intrepido 110, 124
- Ladies’ Home Journal 78, 215
- The Lady of Secrets 190
- language 8, 20, 41, 84, 90, 121, 124–25, 147–48, 155, 157, 180, 181, 185, 220, 225–26, 227, 231, 237–39 register 58 n. 5, 114, 147–48, 155, 228–30, 231, 237, 238–39
- Lardner, Ring 183
- Laterza publishing house 45
- Lawrence, D. H. 185
- League of Nations, the 10, 175, 180
- Lei see also Annabella 46, 49, 51, 210 n. 15, 219–20, 237–39
- Lemmi, Roberto 108, 135, 157
- Le Monnier 45
- Leopardi, Giacomo 199–200
- Leporini, Bernardo 164
- Lidel 13, 204, 237
- Life 17 n. 28, 62, 168, 169, 170, 177, 178, 188, 257
- lifestyle 11, 12, 43, 53, 72–74, 206, 209, 215, 217, 225
- ‘Little Nemo’ 89
- ‘Little Snow Drop’ 94
- Longanesi, Leo 47–48, 50, 52 n. 50, 62, 79, 161–68, 170, 172 & n. 32, 173, 175–76, 199–202
- Lorenzini, Paolo (Collodi Nipote) 46, 80, 97–98, 108, 116, 127
- Luciano see Scerbanenco, Giorgio
- Luciano Serra pilota 193–94
- ‘Lucio l’avanguardista’ 94, 95
- ‘L’uomo mascherato’ see ‘The Phantom’
- McCay, Winsor 89
- Maccari, Mino 76, 164
- Das Magazin 59, 187 n. 72
- magazines American 62, 77, 79–80, 166–68, 171, 178, 215, 260 British 56, 60–62, 94, 187 n. 72, 215 children’s see children, magazines for as entertainment 12, 22, 42, 56, 65, 77, 87, 93–94, 95–96, 106–08, 109, 165, 175–77, 202, 204, 205, 215, 221, 225, 235, 236, 256–57 European 55, 61–62, 168, 171 n. 28, 174, 187 n. 72, 215, 217, 260 format of 12, 48, 78, 98, 110, 115, 116 n. 57, 133–34, 166, 179, 187, 212–13, 215, 255, 257 French 7–8, 17 n. 28, 56, 59, 61, 62 n. 15, 78 n. 50, 167–73, 177 n. 50, 187 n. 72, 188, 203, 206, 212, 214–15, 253, 260 German 7–8, 17 n. 28, 56, 59–62, 78 n. 50, 167–73, 177 n. 50, 187 n. 72, 215–16, 222 n. 35 price of 38, 77, 85 n. 5, 110, 167, 204, 210, 213, 217–19 pulp 86–87, 181 women’s 3, 13, 18–20, 22, 42, 44, 49, 51–52, 58, 139, 159, 161, 166 n. 13, 203, 204, 205–06, 209–10, 212, 214–18, 222, 237, 239, 243, 253, 255–56 advice column 18 n. 29, 20, 215–16, 217, 219, 230–35, 237–52, 256, 258 rapport with reader 44, 52–53, 213, 220, 225, 236, 241, 245
- Mancini, Guido 102
- ‘Mandrake the Magician’ 88, 117 n. 58, 119–20, 156
- ‘Mandrake, l’uomo del mistero’ 119–20, 123 n. 68, 127, 128, 135–36, 137, 140, 145, 152–57, 159
- Marianne 17 n. 28, 61, 168, 177 n. 47, 179 n. 52, 187 n. 69, 257, 260
- Marie-Claire 212–15, 217, 222, 225 n. 38, 257, 260
- Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso 102
- Mateldi, Bruna (Brunetta) 217
- media, the 76, 180 mass 21, 30, 40 popular 81, 205, 255, 258 social role 26, 35, 205, 257
- middle class, the 8, 22, 84, 139, 204, 206, 212, 218–20, 225, 228
- ‘Mimmo, Mammola e Medoro’ see ‘Buster Brown’
- ‘Mimmo Piangimai’ 92
- Ministry of Popular Culture 14, 35–42, 54, 101, 105–06, 131–32, 136–38, 182, 200–01
- Ministero della Cultura Popolare see Ministry of Popular Culture
- modernisation 3, 10, 12, 14, 43, 52, 55, 64–65, 69, 74, 76, 80–81, 83, 96, 157, 167, 206, 209, 220, 257, 259–61
- modernity 12, 20, 40, 64–65, 69, 71–72, 76, 81, 253, 261
- Mondadori, Arnoldo 14, 43–45, 48, 50–52, 166 n. 13, 212–13, 218, 220, 239, 246, 253, 259
- Mondadori publishing house 3, 14, 43, 46–47, 55, 79, 81, 99, 109–10, 138, 183, 206–07, 212, 237, 252, 255
- Il Mondo Illustrato 55, 58–59
- Montanelli, Indro 80, 164–66, 168
- Moore, Don 117, 136, 145
- morality American 67, 75, 84–85, 88, 103, 196 n. 92, 198–99 Fascist 20, 40, 54, 67, 70, 76 n. 45, 84, 95–96, 102–03, 183–84, 208, 210, 221 n. 34, 227, 230
- Moravia, Alberto 73, 164, 181 n. 55, 185, 197, 201–02
- Moroni-Celsi, Guido 108, 120, 121, 122
- motherhood 9, 38, 139, 207, 209, 213, 221, 226, 229, 233
- Motherland, the sacrifice for 9, 149, 156 service of 145, 207, 209, 226–27, 234
- Motta, Luigi 108, 125
- Mura (Maria Assunta Giulia Volpi Nannipieri) 44, 237–39
- Mussino, Attilio 89
- Mussolini, Benito 1–2, 5–6, 8 n. 15, 9, 29–30, 33, 35, 37–38, 40–41, 48, 50–52, 65–68, 70–71, 106 n. 44, 107, 162–63, 199–201, 208–09, 238 n. 65, 255, 261 regime of 1–2, 4, 7–8, 10–11, 14–15, 18–21, 24, 27, 28 n. 4, 30, 34, 39–40, 48, 51, 53, 63–65, 68, 71, 74, 76, 91, 93–94, 102, 106, 139, 205, 210, 224, 227, 257, 259–61
- Mussolini, Vittorio 49, 193 & n. 86
- Nazis, the 137, 170, 216
- Nazism 170
- Nerbini, Giuseppe 15, 45–46, 50–51, 106–07, 139
- Nerbini, Mario 16, 41, 46, 50–52, 79, 96, 98, 107–09, 123, 125, 127–30, 132, 136–38, 141, 158, 259
- Nerbini publishing house 3, 14, 17 n. 27, 43, 48–49, 52, 55, 79, 81, 84, 96, 99, 108, 110, 112, 114, 119, 135, 139, 144, 145, 147
- New Deal, the 67–68, 172
- new man, the 5, 9, 39–41, 70, 207
- new woman, the 5, 9, 74, 204–05, 207 & n. 9, 209, 230, 234
- New Yorker, The 17 n. 28, 168–69, 172, 257
- News Chronicle 169
- Novella 43–44, 46–47, 54, 202, 204
- Novelli, Enrico (Yambo) 108
- Il Novellino 46, 89, 108
- Novello 164
- Omnibus 3, 13, 15, 17–18, 21–23, 25, 43, 49, 52 n. 50, 53 n. 52, 62, 79, 108, 114 n. 55, 161–81, 183–86, 188–89, 195–203, 206, 208, 217, 255, 257–61
- Opper, Burr 89–90
- Palazzeschi, Aldo 164
- Pannunzio, Mario 80, 164, 187, 190–92, 193 n. 86, 194–96, 198, 202
- Passo Romano 50
- ‘La Pattuglia Volante’ see ‘Radio Patrol’
- periodicals see magazines
- Peverelli, Luciana 44
- ‘The Phantom’ 85, 88, 123–25, 126, 128, 131, 133–36, 140, 151–52, 155, 157
- photographs/photography see images
- photojournalism 59–60, 78, 166, 177
- photomontage 48 n. 42, 60, 177–78
- Photoplay 189
- La Piccola Italiana 92, 119, 139
- pictures see images
- Pintor, Giaime 164, 197
- Pirandello, Luigi 44, 204 n. 2
- Praz, Mario 164, 186, 197
- press, the 1–3, 12, 20, 26–33, 36–41, 47 n. 41, 48, 55, 58, 63, 78 n. 50, 80, 92, 219, 246, 259, 261 children’s 14, 84, 92, 102–04, 109, 124–25 comics 94, 107, 256 foreign 169, 171–72 periodical 1, 10, 12–13, 18, 23, 28, 37–38, 42, 52, 62, 86, 101, 107, 161, 163, 165–67, 180, 202–04, 205 n. 5, 253, 260 popular 1–4, 8, 12, 14–16, 20, 23–25, 34–35, 42, 45, 50 n. 47, 55–63, 77–80, 91, 161, 215, 221–22, 255, 257–60 traditional 106, 218–19
- Press Office 4, 27–36
- Prezzolini, Giuseppe 73, 80, 164
- Princess Narda 120, 140, 144, 153–56
- propaganda 7, 19, 32, 34, 36, 41, 69, 103–04 & n. 41, 106, 120–21, 129, 134, 193–94, 206, 208, 251, 260 anti-American 64, 67–68, 74 means of 27, 30, 37, 259
- Public Enemy’s Wife 190
- Radice, Raul 217, 225
- ‘Radio Patrol’ 99, 110, 114–15, 116 n. 57, 123, 128, 134, 140, 157
- ‘Radio Pattuglia’ see ‘Radio Patrol’
- Raymond, Alex 87 n. 9, 96 n. 27, 106 n. 44, 114–15, 117, 143, 145, 150
- readership 3, 11–14, 16, 18–23, 38, 43–46, 48, 52–55, 58–60, 78, 80, 84–87, 90, 93, 99, 109, 119, 124–25, 130 n. 76, 146, 148, 161, 165, 167, 175, 186, 191, 199, 202, 204, 212–13, 217–22, 237–38, 246 n. 83, 253, 255–56, 258–61
- regime, Fascist 1–2, 4, 6–15, 17–20, 22–27, 28 n. 4, 29–40, 42–43, 48–54, 63–69, 71–72, 74–77, 81, 84, 91–93, 95, 100–01, 105–06, 120–21, 125, 137, 143, 146, 161, 163 n. 7, 166, 180, 182, 183 n. 61, 192–93, 194, 197, 199–200, 202, 203–10, 220–21, 230, 233, 238, 251, 257, 259, 261
- rhetoric 24, 209 anti-American 75 n. 44, 196–97, 260 Fascist 8, 9, 20, 23, 30, 92, 121, 139, 144, 146, 149, 155, 202, 205–06, 220, 226–30, 233, 237, 246, 252, 257, 261
- La Risata 123
- Rizzoli, Angelo 14, 43–52, 161–63, 201–02, 259
- Rizzoli publishing house 3, 14, 43, 55, 79, 81, 200, 204, 219, 255
- ‘Rob the Rover’ 83 n. 2, 94, 95
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 67, 68 n. 29, 177, 198
- rotocalco/rotocalchi 2–4, 12–26, 38–39, 43–45, 47 n. 41, 48, 54–55, 59, 62–63, 77–81, 166, 168, 175, 202–06, 209–10, 213, 218–21, 237, 239, 255–62
- SAEV (Società Anonima Editrice Vecchi) 93, 99 n. 31
- Salani 45, 229 n. 48
- sales 21–22, 39, 43–44, 52, 60, 67, 78, 86, 94, 103, 106–08, 114 n. 54, 136–37, 149, 165, 167, 203, 210, 219, 222
- Salgari, Emilio 93, 106, 108, 112, 120, 152
- Sarfatti, Margherita 66–67 & n. 26, 75 n. 44
- Saroyan, William 185–86, 197
- Sarri, Corrado 108, 116–17, 118, 120
- Savinio, Alberto 164, 184, 199–200
- Scerbanenco, Giorgio 46, 80, 166 n. 13, 217 & n. 27, 225–30, 236
- ‘Schizzo’ 89
- Scudellari, Giorgio 108, 116–17, 120
- Il Secolo 50
- Il Secolo illustrato 43, 47, 56
- Second World War, the 63, 77, 80, 217
- Il Selvaggio 76
- ‘Signor Bonaventura’ 90
- society 5, 26, 40, 43, 58, 64, 84, 159, 204 American 10, 18, 63–67, 69–70, 72–75, 78, 88, 129, 139, 166, 179, 197–99, 260 Fascist 12, 51 n. 48, 227, 233 Italian 1–2, 4, 6, 9, 15–16, 20, 26, 33, 36, 52, 54, 63, 65, 70–71, 80–81, 139, 147, 176, 190, 205–06, 210, 220, 228, 252–53, 257–60 mass 64, 205 modernisation of 12, 81, 220, 257, 259 patriarchal 208, 229, 226
- Soldati, Mario 72, 80, 164, 180, 182–84, 197
- soldier, Italian 9, 20, 92 n. 19, 93 n. 20, 133, 232–34
- ‘Sor Pampurio’ 139
- Sottosegretariato di Stato per la stampa e la propaganda see Under-Secretariat of State for Press and Propaganda
- Sovrana see Grazia
- Spagnol, Tito A. 164, 181, 184
- Spanish Civil War 61, 100, 170, 177–78
- spirit Fascist 31, 35, 36, 66, 101, 200 Italian 9–10, 39, 63, 70, 72, 182 Roman 41, 94
- La Stampa 29, 38 n. 26, 103
- State, the control by 2, 36, 101 Fascist 1, 6, 11–12, 25, 27, 28 n. 4, 36, 37 n. 25, 39, 48, 50–53, 65–66, 68, 71, 76, 81, 84, 141, 159, 163 n. 7, 180, 233 intervention by 11–12, 16, 41, 43, 143, 196 n. 92, 257 totalitarian 2, 4–5, 8–9, 30, 35, 207
- Steinbeck, John 183
- stereotypes 70, 75, 193
- technology 21, 25–26, 55, 58, 60–61, 70–71, 77, 202
- Tempo 13, 62 n. 15
- They Won’t Forget 191
- ‘Tim Tyler’s Luck’ 96, 114 n. 54
- Tofano, Sergio 90
- ‘Toots and Casper’ 138
- Topolino 14, 46, 96–99, 107–08, 110, 111, 114 n. 54, 138 n. 86, 158, 256
- Toppi, Giove 46, 96, 97, 107 n. 45, 108, 112, 113, 120–22, 128, 130, 135, 143, 149–52, 153, 156–57
- tradition 64, 69, 70–71, 90, 95, 98, 106, 112, 113, 114, 162 n. 3, 208 literary 116–17, 120, 129–30, 150, 152, 158, 181
- translation 10, 17, 18, 50 n. 47, 63, 89 n. 12, 99, 104 n. 41, 108 n. 47, 114 & n. 55, 115, 125, 129, 147–48, 155, 157–58, 171–72, 179–82, 183 n. 61, 185, 187 n. 70, 189, 196, 197
- transnationalism 5, 18, 24–26, 54, 258–59, 261–62
- I Tre Porcellini 99
- La Tribuna Illustrata 56, 57
- True Story 215
- Tutto 49, 201–02
- Ufficio stampa del Capo del governo see Press Office
- Uhu 17 n. 28, 59, 168, 257
- Under-Secretariat of State for Press and Propaganda 4, 32–33
- United Features Syndicate 99
- United Kingdom, the 174, 258
- United States, the see America
- values, traditional 20, 52, 71, 75–76, 117, 206, 220–22, 227, 252–53, 258
- Vecchi, Lotario 93, 98–99
- Vecchietti, Giorgio 103, 104 n. 41, 105–06
- Ventennio, the 10, 12, 16, 18–19, 26, 63–64, 69, 80, 84, 253, 261
- Vian, Giovanni 217
- Vichi, Ferdinando 108, 127, 134, 157
- Visentini, Gino 168, 188–89
- Vittorini, Elio 80, 164, 181 n. 55, 185, 197
- Il Vittorioso 14, 99–100, 110, 124
- Vogue 167 n. 18, 215
- Votre Bonheur 203, 214
- Vu 61–62, 167, 179 n. 52, 225 n. 38, 257
- Walt Disney 47, 96, 191
- Western Europe 5, 15, 48, 80, 257, 260–62
- Woman’s Own 215
- women American 72, 74–75, 76 German 170–71, 216 image of 19, 43, 49, 74, 138–40, 143–44, 205, 209–10, 221, 252–53 models of 49, 51, 74, 75–76, 140, 204, 208, 210, 216, 220–21, 234, 246, 253 as readers 52–53 rural 218 traditional role 20, 43, 74, 76 n. 45, 138, 205–10, 220–21, 227, 234, 246