1. Introduction.- Part I The Italian Communist Party between Socialist Realism and Neorealism (1944–1956).- 2. Togliatti’s
Partito nuovo and Italian cinema.- 3. Socialist Realism Italian-Style: PCI Cinematic Propaganda in the Stalin Era.- Part II Dealing with The Modern (1956–1970).- 4. Peace and Sputnik, the Boom, and Television (1956–1964).- 5. The First Years of Unitelefilm and the PCI After Togliatti (1964–1967).- 6. The Workers, the Students, and The Election Campaign of 1968.- 7. The Lice and the Whale: Filmmakers, Militant Cinema and the Italian Communist Party.- Part III A Decade of Living Dangerously: The Turbulent Peak (and the Seeds of Decline) of the Italian Communist Party (1970–1979).- 8. The Early 1970s: Unitelefilm, the Fascist Threat, and the ‘Historic Compromise’.- 9. Hegemony Within Reach (1974–1976).- 10. Women’s Issues, Feminism, and the PCI.- 11. Hegemony Fades Away (1977–1979).- 12. Conclusion.
