The cult of the Duce : Mussolini and the Italians /: Mussolini and the Italians. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stephen Gundle, Christopher Duggan and Giuliana Pieri.
• Editors: Gundle, Stephen, 1956-; Duggan, Christopher; Pieri, Giuliana
• Contents: Cover ; The cult of the Duce; Contents; List of illustrations ; Notes on contributors; Introduction: Stephen Gundle, Christopher Duggan and Giuliana Pieri; Part I The Origins of a Personality Cult; 1 Political cults in liberal Italy, 1861-1922: Christopher Duggan; 2 The propagation of the cult of the Duce, 1925-26: Christopher Duggan; 3 Margherita Sarfatti and the invention of the Duce: Simona Storchi; 4 Sanity from a lunatic asylum: Ida Dalser's threat to Mussolini's image: Daniela Baratieri; 5 Mass culture and the cult of personality: Stephen Gundle; Part II The Duce and the Fascist Regime. 6 A town for the cult of the Duce: Predappio as a site of pilgrimage: Sofia Serenelli7 Mussolini's appearances in the regions: Stephen Gundle; 8 The internalisation of the cult of the Duce: the evidence of diaries and letters: Christopher Duggan; 9 Mussolini and the Italian Empire, 1935-41: Giuseppe Finaldi; Part III The Iconography of the Duce; 10 Portraits of the Duce: Giuliana Pieri; 11 Photographing Mussolini: Alessandra Antola; 12 Mussolini as monument: the equestrian statue of the Duce at the Littoriale Stadium in Bologna: Simona Storchi; 13 Mussolini and the city of Rome: Eugene Pooley. Part IV After the Fall of Fascism14 The destiny of the art and artefacts: Giuliana Pieri; 15 The aftermath of the Mussolini cult: history, nostalgia and popular culture: Stephen Gundle; 16 Mussolini and post-war Italian television: Vanessa Roghi; Afterword: R.J.B. Bosworth; Index.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 286 pages), illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 945.091092; Dictators -- Italy -- Biography; Heads of state -- Italy -- Biography; Fascism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Dictators; Fascism; Heads of state; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Politics and government; Public opinion; Italy -- History -- 1914-1945; Italy -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945; Italy; Biography; History; Influence; Public opinion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1526101432; 9781526101433
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.