@article{1911eea684df47508a5acc66b826c963,
title = "Memories in context: the social and economic function of cinema in 1950s Rome",
abstract = "During the 1950s, cinema in Italy blossomed, bringing film entertainment to Italians on an unprecedented scale. This study draws upon the testimony of 325 elderly Romans about their cinema going experiences during this period. Their memories are set in the particular context of the film programs that they (and fellow film goers) selected—information that is derived from daily newspapers and supplemented with trade listings of the most popular films screened in Rome. In producing a bottom-up account of cinema going, the paper contributes to the general debate about film culture in Italy in the postwar era.",
keywords = "postwar Italian cinema, roman audiences, oral history, film programming, film distribution, film tastes, cinemagoing",
author = "Gennari, {Daniela Treveri} and Sedgwick, {John David}",
note = "EMBARGO 12 MTHS - 1 Sep 2016 This article was published as {"}Memories in context: the social and economic function of cinema in 1950s Rome{"}, Film History, Volume 27, Issue 2, pp. 76-104, 2015. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2015 Trustees of Indiana University. No part of this article may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or distributed, in any form, by any means, electronic, mechanical, photographic, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Indiana University Press. For educational re-use, please contact the Copyright Clearance Center (508-744-3350). For all other permissions, please visit Indiana University Press' permissions page.",
year = "2015",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.2979/filmhistory.27.2.76",
language = "English",
volume = "27",
pages = "76--104",
journal = "Film History: An International Journal",
issn = "0892-2160",
publisher = "Indiana University Press",
number = "2",
}