04371nam 2200829 450 991045861600332120200520144314.01-4426-9737-710.3138/9781442697379(CKB)2560000000054331(EBL)3272825(OCoLC)923774213(SSID)ssj0000487127(PQKBManifestationID)11325045(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487127(PQKBWorkID)10442128(PQKB)10558869(CEL)433651(CaBNvSL)slc00226165(MiAaPQ)EBC3272825(MiAaPQ)EBC4672907(DE-B1597)479099(OCoLC)987932964(DE-B1597)9781442697379(Au-PeEL)EBL4672907(CaPaEBR)ebr11258558(OCoLC)958572586(EXLCZ)99256000000005433120160926h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRoads and ruins the symbolic landscape of fascist Rome /Paul BaxaToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2010.©20101 online resource (249 p.)Toronto Italian StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-9995-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Death on the Via del Mare -- Introduction: Rome and Fascism -- 1. The Landscape of the War -- 2. Roads to Rome: The Blackshirts and the città nemico -- 3. Demolitions: De-familiarizing the Roman Cityscape -- 4. 'An uninterrupted racecourse': Fascism's Roman Roads -- 5. The Palazzo and the Boulevard -- 6. Resurrecting a Pagan Landscape -- 7. Return of the Roman -- Conclusion: The Cinematic City -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn the 1930s, the Italian Fascist regime profoundly changed the landscape of Rome's historic centre, demolishing buildings and displacing thousands of Romans in order to display the ruins of the pre-Christian Roman Empire. This transformation is commonly interpreted as a failed attempt to harmonize urban planning with Fascism's ideological exaltation of the Roman Empire.Roads and Ruins argues that the chaotic Fascist cityscape, filled with traffic and crumbling ruins, was in fact a reflection of the landscape of the First World War. In the radical interwar transformation of Roman space, Paul Baxa finds the embodiment of the Fascist exaltation of speed and destruction, with both roads and ruins defining the cultural impulses at the heart of the movement. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, including war diaries, memoirs, paintings, films, and government archives, Roads and Ruins is a richly textured study that offers an original perspective on a well known story.Toronto Italian studies.FascismItalyRomeHistory20th centuryFascism and cultureItalyRomeHistory20th centuryRoadsPolitical aspectsItalyRomeHistory20th centuryStreetsPolitical aspectsItalyRomeHistory20th centuryCity planningPolitical aspectsItalyRomeHistory20th centuryLandscapesPolitical aspectsItalyRomeHistory20th centuryAntiquitiesPolitical aspectsItalyRomeHistory20th centuryRome (Italy)Antiquities, RomanRome (Italy)Politics and government1870-1945Rome (Italy)History1870-1945Electronic books.FascismHistoryFascism and cultureHistoryRoadsPolitical aspectsHistoryStreetsPolitical aspectsHistoryCity planningPolitical aspectsHistoryLandscapesPolitical aspectsHistoryAntiquitiesPolitical aspectsHistory945.632091Baxa Paul1968-990088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458616003321Roads and ruins2264620UNINA