The cult of the Duce
Mussolini and the Italians
The cult of the Duce is the first book to explore systematically the personality cult of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. It examines the factors which informed the cult and looks in detail at its many manifestations in the visual arts, architecture, political spectacle and the media. The conviction that Mussolini was an exceptional individual first became dogma among Fascists and then was communicated to the people at large. Intellectuals and artists helped fashion the idea of him as a new Caesar while the modern media of press, photography, cinema and radio aggrandised his every public act. The book considers the way in which Italians…
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Weitere Autoren: Duggan, Christopher (Hrsg.) / Pieri, Giuliana (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-5261-0141-9
- EAN: 9781526101419
- Produktnummer: 27906962
- Verlag: Canongate Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'717 KB
- Abbildungen: Halftones, black & white
Über den Autor
Stephen Gundle is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of WarwickChristopher Duggan is Professor of Modern Italian History at the University of ReadingGiuliana Pieri is Reader in Italian and the Visual Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London
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