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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808955503321

Autore

Aliano David <1977->

Titolo

Mussolini's national project in Argentina / / David Aliano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-61147-577-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies

Disciplina

982.06/1

Soggetti

Italians - Argentina - History - 20th century

Immigrants - Argentina - History - 20th century

Italians - Argentina - Ethnic identity - History - 20th century

Nationalism - Argentina - History - 20th century

Argentina Politics and government 1910-1943

Italy Relations Argentina

Argentina Relations Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 A National Project Outside of the Nation; 2 Fascist Italy Looks Abroad; 3 The "New Italy" in Argentina; 4 An Italian National Identity in Argentina; 5 The Nation Abroad Responds; 6 Italian Identity and Argentina's National Debate; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Mussolini's National Project in Argentina offers a new look at the theoretical questions surrounding the promotion of a national project within another nation-state. Using the Italian project in Argentina as its case study, it highlights the active role emigrants can play in the national discourse when provided with a free public space abroad. Informed by both its Old World roots and New World realities, the Italian community articulated their own definition of the nation which transcended the political deba