"[ T]his volume on Italian mass culture, based on a vast oral history project comprising almost 120 oral testimonies, is an extremely precious contribution to the subject, one which future research will not be able to ignore."European History Quarterly "Mass Culture and Italian Society is a very well-researched work ... It provides a masterly presentation and discussion ... which will be of great interest to scholars and postgraduate students of Italian cultural and social studies, and to those working on Italian history and politics of the twentieth century.Volume 14 Issue 7 2009"European Legacy "Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War examines what its authors describe as 'a relatively early' but nonetheless 'decisive' phase in the evolution of modern mass culture and cultural consumption in Italy. . . Of course, consumer culture eventually ploughed its way past Christian Democracy and Communism as it had Fascism. As Forgacs and Gundle's worthy and provocative work attests, the ultimate winners in this battle were the philistines. 17.3 2012"Modern Italy "A well-researched and well-written co-authored book which will be of maximum interest to scholars of Italian history, society, and culture alike."Jacqueline Reich, SUNY Stony Brook