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Introduction; 1. Early cinema attractions; 2. National history asretrospective illusion; 3. Challenging the folklore romance; 4. Comedy andthe cinematic machine; 5. The urban landscape, before and after Neorealism;6. Gramsci and Italian cinema; 7. History and the Italian Western; 8. Thecinematic family and the nation; 9. A cinema of childhood; 10. The Folkloreof femininity and stardom; 11. Conversion, impersonation, and masculinity;12. Cinema on cinema and television.