''Vie Nuove'' (

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

: ''New Ways'') was a weekly popular magazine published in Rome, Italy, between 1946 and 1978. The magazine was one of the post-war publications of the

Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy. The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) ...

which used it to attract larger sections of the population.

History and profile

The magazine was launched by the Communist Party in 1946 with the goal of informing the party members about recent developments. Another function of the magazine was to develop and disseminate a positive image of the

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focusing on its technical superiority over the Western

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. The founder was

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who also edited the magazine. It was headquartered in Rome. Historian Paolo Spriano was one of the contributors. Another contributor was Maria Musu. Italian director

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published his writings in a column in the magazine in which he also replied the questions of readers concerning literature, religion, Marxist theory, among others. The column was titled ''Dialoghi con Passolini'' (Italian: ''Passolini in Dialogue'') and lasted from 28 May 1960 to 30 September 1965 with one year interruption between 1963 and September 1964. ''Vie Nuovo'' sponsored beauty contests like its sister publications ''

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'' and '' Pattuglia ''. The magazine valued the female movie stars of the 1950s, including

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and Sophia Loren and frequently covered articles about them. However, it was against photoromances arguing that these were the tools for bourgeois and

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propaganda which mortified women due to the fact they were sexually objectified in their photographs. In 1952 ''Vie Nuovo'' reached the highest circulation selling 350,000 copies. Next year its circulation was 200,000 copies. The magazine sold 125-130,000 copies in 1963. Its circulation was between 114,000 and 120,000 copies in late 1966.

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