Alla ricerca di Shirley Temple? : cinema, celebrity culture e infanzia nell'Italia fascista
93-113 p.
Even in fascist Italy, the smiling Shirley Temple becomes a celebrity. Exalted for her peculiarities, the child becomes a target when compared with what should be an Italian star. Responding to militarized childhood and ready for the sacrifice of the regime, seriousness is the characteristic that must distinguish the Italian baby actors, whose image becomes public with thoughtful shots and in roles of heroes or victims. Some boys achieve notoriety in parts that respond to the fascist myth of Balilla, but it is a little girl, Maria Letizia Pascoli, to represent the most accomplished model of a baby star, also embodying an independent, active and smiling childhood and an unprecedented female protagonism. [Publisher's text].
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Storia e problemi contemporanei : 88, 3, 2021-
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ISSN: 1120-4206
KEYWORDS
- fascism, childhood, celebrity culture, visual culture, Shirley Temple, Mariù Pascoli