The cult of the Duce

Mussolini and the Italians

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 20th Century, British
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Author: Stephen Gundle, Christopher Duggan, Giuliana Pieri ISBN: 9781526101419
Publisher: Manchester University Press Publication: November 1, 2015
Imprint: Manchester University Press Language: English
Author: Stephen Gundle, Christopher Duggan, Giuliana Pieri
ISBN: 9781526101419
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication: November 1, 2015
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Language: English

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 experienced the personality cult and analyses its controversial resonances in the postwar period.

Academics and students with interests in Italian and European history and politics will find the volume indispensable to an understanding of Fascism, Italian society and culture, and modern political leadership.

Among the contributions is an Afterword by Mussolini’s leading biographer, R.J.B. Bosworth.

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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 experienced the personality cult and analyses its controversial resonances in the postwar period.

Academics and students with interests in Italian and European history and politics will find the volume indispensable to an understanding of Fascism, Italian society and culture, and modern political leadership.

Among the contributions is an Afterword by Mussolini’s leading biographer, R.J.B. Bosworth.

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