"A superb and original work of scholarship, Fascist Modernities give us a startling new picture of the Italian fascist period and its cultural politics, as well as remarkable new analyses of Italian fascist anti-Semitism and of the relation between Italy's colonial aspirations and conquests and its modernizing schemes. Most impressive of all, Ben-Ghiat single-handedly changes our understanding of the place of realism in Italian literary history and in twentieth-century cinema."--Barbara Spackman, author of "Fascist Virilities: Rhetoric, Ideology and Social Fantasy in Italy
"Ruth Ben-Ghiat's book is an important contribution to the history of fascist culture, showing the complex ways in which fascism used intellectuals and intellectuals used fascism."--Alexander Stille, author of "Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian-Jewish Families Under Fascism
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"A superb and original work of scholarship, Fascist Modernities give us a startling new picture of the Italian fascist period and its cultural politics, as well as remarkable new analyses of Italian fascist anti-Semitism and of the relation between Italy's colonial aspirations and conquests and its modernizing schemes. Most impressive of all, Ben-Ghiat single-handedly changes our understanding of the place of realism in Italian literary history and in twentieth-century cinema."--Barbara Spackman, author of "Fascist Virilities: Rhetoric, Ideology and Social Fantasy in Italy
"Ruth Ben-Ghiat's book is an important contribution to the history of fascist culture, showing the complex ways in which fascism used intellectuals and intellectuals used fascism."--Alexander Stille, author of "Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian-Jewish Families Under Fascism
Imprint | University of California Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Studies on the History of Society and Culture, 42 |
Release date | 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 2001 |
Authors | Ruth Ben-Ghiat |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards |
Pages | 327 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-22363-9 |
Barcode | 9780520223639 |
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LSN | 0-520-22363-2 |