Paola Valentini

Mina: Narrative and Cinematic Spectacle of the Italian Woman of the 1960s

The popular singer Mina, and her forays into music, cinema, television and advertising, speak to the transformation of Italian culture in the 1960s. As Paola Valentini writes in “Mina: Narrative and Cinematic Spectacle of the Italian Woman of the Early 1960s,” Mina rejected the model of the maggiorate typical of 1950s cinema, as well as the more sexually aware archetype of the late 1960s. Instead, she forged her own identity, one that allowed for an authentic self while mirroring the burgeoning sociocultural changes of postwar Italy. The uniqueness of Mina lies in the narrowness of her extraordinary cinematic experience and in the intermediality of her performance as an actor, a performance that fed on the parallel experiences of music and advertising, radio and television.

I cattolici nella fabbrica del cinema e dei media: produzione, opere, protagonisti (1940-1970)

Il volume contiene alcuni esiti delle ricerche condotte nell’ambito del progetto PRIN 2012 I cattolici e il cinema in Italia tra gli anni ’40 e gli anni ’70, coordinato dall’Universita degli Studi di Milano, capitalizzando riflessioni emerse nel corso di una serie di convegni che si sono succeduti dal 2014 al 2016.The issue contains some outcomes of the research project PRIN 2012 The Catholics and Cinema in Italy between the 40s and the 70s, coordinated by University of Milan, capitalizing reflections shared during a series of congresses between 2014 and 2016.

L'immagine della fede sul piccolo schermo. Le rubriche religiose televisive

L’impatto, i legami e l’influenza della cultura cattolica sulle trasmissioni televisive sono un ambito da tempo studiato e ampiamente documentato. Tuttavia come effettivamente siano costruite, programxadmate e coordinate le singole trasmissioni religiose della televisione pubblica italiana e un argomento ancora in gran parte sconosciuto. Questo saggio vuole analizzare le trasmissioni religiose della televisioxadne italiana fino al 1970, ponendo attenzione non tanto ai contenuti quanto alla complessa storia mediaxadle in cui si trovano inserite e alla forte consapevolezza che rivelano delle caratteristiche del linguaggio audiovisivo, della forza dellimmagine televisiva e della cultura visuale in cui si trova inserita.xa0 The impact, ties and influence of the Catholic culture on the Italian television is widely documented and has been the subject of a vast scholarship. However, no specific attention has been paid so far on how religious programs were actually conceived, programmed and coordinated. Rather than focusing on the contents, this essay aims to analyze the complex media history embedded in the religious shows broadcasted by RAI until 1970. As such, the article highlights how these productions demonstrate high-skilled notions of audio-visual language as well as their awareness of the power of television images and visual culture.