04411nam 2201045 a 450 991078008280332120230801232435.01-282-35790-597866123579090-520-24216-50-520-93805-41-59734-614-410.1525/9780520938052(CKB)111056485640952(EBL)224414(OCoLC)475931157(SSID)ssj0000153547(PQKBManifestationID)11147436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153547(PQKBWorkID)10393466(PQKB)10612014(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056134(MiAaPQ)EBC224414(OCoLC)49570114(MdBmJHUP)muse31037(DE-B1597)520783(DE-B1597)9780520938052(Au-PeEL)EBL224414(CaPaEBR)ebr10051555(CaONFJC)MIL235790(EXLCZ)9911105648564095219991215d2001 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFascist modernities Italy, 1922-1945 /Ruth Ben-GhiatBerkeley University of California Pressc20011 online resource (x, 317 pages)Studies on the history of society and culture ;420-520-22363-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-304) and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Toward a Fascist Culture --2. Narrating the Nation --3. Envisioning Modernity --4. Class Dismissed --5. Conquest and Collaboration --6. The Wars of Fascism --Epilogue --Notes --Bibliography --IndexRuth Ben-Ghiat's innovative cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship is a provocative discussion of the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. Eloquent, pathbreaking, and deft in its use of a broad range of materials, this work argues that fascism appealed to many Italian intellectuals as a new model of modernity that would resolve the contemporary European crisis as well as long-standing problems of the national past. Ben-Ghiat shows that-at a time of fears over the erosion of national and social identities-Mussolini presented fascism as a movement that would allow economic development without harm to social boundaries and national traditions. She demonstrates that although the regime largely failed in its attempts to remake Italians as paragons of a distinctly fascist model of mass society, twenty years of fascism did alter the landscape of Italian cultural life. Among younger intellectuals in particular, the dictatorship left a legacy of practices and attitudes that often continued under different political rubrics after 1945.Studies on the history of society and culture ;42.Fascism and cultureItalyHistoryFascismItalyHistoryItalyPolitics and government1922-1945ItalyIntellectual life20th century20th century.cultural history.dictatorship.economic development.europe.european history.fascism.fascists.historical.history of culture.history of society.history students.human condition.interwar history.italian cinema.italian culture.italy.legacy of fascism.model of modern world.modern historians.modern history.modernity.mussolini.national identity.national traditions.revolution.social boundaries.social movements.social status.Fascism and cultureHistory.FascismHistory.945.091Ben-Ghiat Ruth167217MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780082803321Fascist modernities1232642UNINA