Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy Volume 28

by Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi

Book Overview

This richly textured cultural history of Italian fascism traces the narrative path that accompanied the making of the regime and the construction of Mussolini's power. 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 ruling style to the shaping of the regime's identity, she finds that in searching for symbolic means and forms that would represent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007CJHAY6
• ISBN13: 9780520226777
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"