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The cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italians
Stephen Gundle (Ed.)
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Description for The cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italians
Paperback. Editor(s): Gundle, Stephen; Duggan, Christopher; Pieri, Giuliana. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719096631
SKU
V9780719096631
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99-15
About Stephen Gundle (Ed.)
Stephen Gundle is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick Christopher Duggan is Professor of Modern Italian History at the University of Reading Giuliana Pieri is Reader in Italian and the Visual Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London -- .
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