Mussolini's national project in Argentina / David Aliano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aliano, David, 1977- author.

Series:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italians--Argentina--History--20th century.

Italians.

Immigrants--Argentina--History--20th century.

Immigrants.

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

Nationalism--Argentina--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Argentina--Politics and government--1910-1943.

Argentina.

Italy--Relations--Argentina.

Italy.

Argentina--Relations--Italy.

Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945--Influence.

Mussolini, Benito.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61147-577-5

OCLC:

875098854