Staging the Fascist War: The Ministry of Popular Culture and Italian Propaganda on the Home Front, 1938–1943...

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Pierpaolo Antonello Robert S.C. Gordon

Staging the Fascist War

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

Pierpaolo Antonello, Robert S.C. Gordon, Luigi Petrella

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English

Peter Lang Ltd
28 May 2016

European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Second World War; Fascism & Nazism; Propaganda

Series: Italian Modernities

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.

By: Luigi Petrella
Series edited by: Pierpaolo Antonello, Robert S.C. Gordon
Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: 26
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781906165703
ISBN 10: 190616570X
Series: Italian Modernities
Pages: 259
Publication Date: 28 May 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.