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Jacqueline Reich is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. She is author of Beyond the Latin Lover (IUP, 2004) and Re-Viewing Fascism (IUP, 2002).
AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Why Maciste?1. The Birth of the Strongman: Italian Silent Cinema, Stardom, and Genre2. From Slave to Master: Cabiria (1914) and Maciste (1915)3. Maciste Goes to War: Maciste alpino (1916)4. Over There: The Maciste Series, World War I, and American Film Culture5. Love, Labor and Leadership: The Modernity of the Maciste Series, 1919-19226. Muscling the Nation: Benito Mussolini and the Maciste Films of the 1920sConclusion: The Giant of the Dolomites and BeyondAppendix: Claudia Gianetto and Stella DagnaPart I: The Restoration of the Maciste SeriesPart II: In Focus: Scene AnalysesPart III: FilmographyNotesBibliographyIndex