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History and memory in Italian cinema: a virtual roundtable with Robert Gordon, Giuliana Minghelli and Alan O’Leary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2017

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Modern Italy , Volume 22 , Special Issue 2: History and Memory in Italian Cinema , May 2017 , pp. 213 - 223
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