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Mussolini's Children : Race and Elementary Education in Fascist Italy / Eden K. McLean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McLean, Eden K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fascism and youth--Italy--History--20th century.
- Fascism and youth.
- Fascism--Italy--History--20th century.
- Fascism.
- Fascism and education--Italy.
- Fascism and education.
- Italy--Race relations.
- Italy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- ""Mussolini's Children" uses modern theories of race and biopolitics and the lens of state-mandated youth culture--elementary education and the auxiliary organizations designed to mold the minds and bodies of Italy's children between the ages of five and eleven--to understand the evolution of Fascist racism"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Defining Fascist power and identity, 1922-29
- Designing a Fascist elementary education
- "Reawakening the spirit"
- "Fascistizing" the nation and race, 1929-34
- From instruction to education
- From fit to Fascist
- Resurrecting the Roman Empire, 1934-38
- "Libro e moschetto, fascista perfetto," 1934-36
- Educating rulers for the second Roman Empire, 1936-38
- Ensuring the empire's immortality, 1938-40
- Enforcing the racial ideal
- Enduring principles of Italian racial identity
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781496207227
- 149620722X
- 9781496207203
- 1496207203
- OCLC:
- 1037351932
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