Abstract

CORONADO RUIZ, Carlota. Mujeres en guerra: la imagen de la mujer italiana en los noticiarios Luce durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1940-1945). La ventana [online]. 2013, vol.4, n.37, pp.177-209. ISSN 1405-9436.

Since Italy entered World War II, Luce newsreel's (the fascist regime's favorite method of propaganda) main priority was to show the war itself. This representation wasn't objective, though: the main image being a victorious Italy with masses of fervent Mussolini supporters. Therefore, images from the rearguard and women-related news were important elements in the audiovisual construction of war with persuasive purposes. It is interesting to analyze the historical representation with which this media portrayed women's war roles. All the Luce newsreels about this subject are studied: from the fascist women's labor of resistance to the social and industrial changes attributed to war, and, of course, its relation to everyday life (food shortage, black market and destroyed homes).

Keywords : women; Italy; Second War World; Newsreels; Luce.

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