Baring the Soul. Cinema and Society in <em>Playmen</em> Magazine (1967–1972) Readers’ Letters

Gabriele Rigola

doi:10.6092/issn.2280-9481/9328

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Gabriele Rigola Università di Torino
Gabriele Rigola teaches History of Popular Cinema and Film Criticism at the University of Turin, and History of Screenplay at the University of Genoa. Currently he is post-doc Researcher at the University eCampus of Novedrate (CO) in the PRIN project “Comizi d’amore. Il cinema e la questione sessuale in Italia (1948-1978)”. His researches focus on history of Italian cinema, film analysis, social and cultural history of cinema, history of film acting. He is a member of CRAD (Actor and Star Studies Center) and member of the editorial staff of La Valle dell’Eden (University of Turin). He has written several essays on scientific journals, he has edited the book Elio Petri, uomo di cinema. Impegno, spettacolo, industria culturale (Bonanno, 2015) and he has written the book Una storia moderna: Ugo Tognazzi. Cinema, cultura e società italiana (Kaplan, 2018).

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2280-9481/9328

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Cinema, Erotic Magazine, Letters, Playmen, Stardom

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This article examines several trends in the Readers’ Letters column of Playmen, the Italian erotic monthly magazine, during the first five years it was published. In particular, the essay aims to investigate the role of the column and readers’ letters in deciphering the change in male and gender roles in Italian society of that time. We will examine the development of a new readership, users of popular magazines dedicated to men, and a complex network of media products related to eroticism and sexuality as we look at themes and trends arising in each month’s letters. We will observe in detail the role of films and filmmaking, and fan worship fantasies in this period of social change and intermedia exchanges.

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