Staging the Fascist War

The Ministry of Popular Culture and Italian Propaganda on the Home Front, 1938–1943

Luigi Petrella (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

259 Seiten

2016 | New edition
Peter Lang Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-906165-70-3 (ISBN)

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Historians regard the Italian home front during the Second World War as an observation post from which to study the relationship between Fascism and society during the years of the collapse of the Mussolini regime. Yet the role of propaganda in influencing that relationship has received little attention. The media played a crucial role in setting the stage for the regime’s image under the intense pressures of wartime. The Ministry of Popular Culture, under Mussolini’s supervision, maintained control not only over the press, but also over radio, cinema, theatre, the arts and all forms of popular culture. When this Fascist media narrative was confronted by the sense of vulnerability among civilians following the first enemy air raids in June 1940, it fell apart like a house of cards.
Drawing on largely unexplored sources such as government papers, personal memoirs, censored letters and confidential reports, Staging the Fascist War analyses the crisis of the regime in the years from 1938 to 1943 through the perspective of a propaganda programme that failed to bolster Fascist myths at a time of total war.

Luigi Petrella holds a PhD in history from Newcastle University, where he is a teaching assistant. He previously worked as a journalist in Italy for twenty-five years.

Contents: Towards Total War: Propaganda, the Media and Public Opinion, 1938-1939 – From Non-Belligerence to the First Air Raids – Adjusting to Reality: Home Front and Air War – Cracking Italian Morale – Propaganda, the Media and Social Control – Area Bombing and the Definitive Breakup of the Home Front – The Collapse of the Regime.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.06.2016
Reihe/Serie	Italian Modernities ; 26
Reihe/Serie	Italian Modernities ; 26
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Pierpaolo Antonello, Robert S.C. Gordon
Verlagsort	Witney
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 225 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Schlagworte	Fascist media • Italian home front • Mussolini Regime • Second World War
ISBN-10	1-906165-70-X / 190616570X
ISBN-13	978-1-906165-70-3 / 9781906165703
Zustand	Neuware