The Cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italians

by Christopher Duggan and Giuliana Pieri

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719088968
• ISBN13: 9780719088964
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"