Fascist virilities : rhetoric, ideology, and social fantasy in Italy / Barbara Spackman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spackman, Barbara, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity--Italy.

Masculinity.

Fascism.

Psychological aspects.

Fascism and women.

Fascism and sex.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Italy.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--Italy.

Rhetoric.

Fascism and sex--Italy.

Fascism and women--Italy.

Fascism--Italy--Psychological aspects.

Italy--Politics and government--1922-1945.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xvi, 187 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1996]

Summary:

Fascist Virilities exposes the relation between rhetoric and ideology. Barbara Spackman looks at Italian fascism as a matter of discourse, with "virility" as the master code that articulates and melds its disparate elements. In her analysis, rhetoric binds together the elements of ideology, with "virility" as the key. To reveal how this works, Spackman traces the circulation of "virility" in the discourse of the Italian regime and in the rhetorical practices of Mussolini himself. She tracks the appearance of virility in two of the sources of fascist rhetoric, Gabriele D'Annunzio and F.T. Marinetti, in the writings of the futurist Valentine de Saint Point and the fascist feminist Teresa Labriola, and in the speeches of Mussolini. A critical and timely contribution to the current reappraisal of fascist ideology, this book will interest anyone concerned with the relations between gender, sexuality, and fascist discourse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-182) and index.

ISBN:

081662786X

0816627878

OCLC:

33983763