Fascist spectacle

"At the end of October 1922, in a whirlwind of events and unexpected circumstances, Benito Mussolini became prime minister of Italy. For the next twenty years, he dominated Italy as a cult hero and the duce of fascism and, later, founder of the empire. This richly textured cultural history traces the narrative path that accompanied the making of the fascist regime and the construction of Mussolini's power."--BOOK JACKET. "Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi reads fascist myths, rituals, images, and speeches as texts that tell the story of fascism. Linking Mussolini's elaboration of a new style of rule to the shaping of the regime's identity, she finds that in searching for symbolic means and forms to represent its political novelty, fascism actually created its own power, its own happening, its history."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: In a speech delivered in 1926, on the occasion of the Novecento art exhibit, Mussolini confessed that the question of the relationship between art and politics was challenging and certainly troubled his thoughts.

Year

1997

Language

English

Publisher

University of California Press

Editions

1

Pages

319

ISBN

9780520226777

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