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Photographing Mussolini: The Making of a Political Icon: Italian and Italian American Studies

Autor Alessandra Antola Swan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 dec 2021
This pioneering book offers the first account of the work of the photographers, both official and freelance, who contributed to the forging of Mussolini's image. It departs from the practice of using photographs purely for illustration and places them instead at the centre of the analysis. Throughout the 1930s photographs of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini were chosen with much care by the regime. They were deployed to highlight those physical traits - the piercing eyes, protruding jaw, shaved head - that were meant to evoke the Duce's strength, determination and innate sense of leadership in the mind of his contemporaries.  The chapters in this volume explore the photographic image in the socio-political context of the time and shows how it was a significant contributor to the development of Italian mass culture between the two world wars.
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ISBN-13: 9783030565084
ISBN-10: 3030565084
Pagini: 393
Ilustrații: XX, 393 p. 102 illus., 40 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Italian and Italian American Studies

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- Part I: Setting the Scene.- 2. The photograph as a source and agent of history.- 3. Images in politics before Mussolini.- Part II: Production.- 4. The image makers of the Duce.- 5. The corporate image: Istituto Luce.- 6. The press-image: photojournalists and agencies.- 7. The aesthetic image: Ghitta Carell.- Part III: Audiencing.- 8. The visual presence of the Duce.- 9. Mussolini’s early photographs.- 10. Mussolini’s photogenic charisma.- 11. The emotional appeal.- 12. Marketing Mussolini.- 13. Conclusion.

Notă biografică

Alessandra Antola Swan is a cultural historian and independent researcher. Her PhD on Mussolini and photography was part of the project The Cult of the Duce. Mussolini and the Italians, 1918-2005. In 2013 she organised the ASMI conference Iconic Images and in 2016 she was guest editor for the follow up special issue of Modern Italy 2016.

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This pioneering book offers the first account of the work of the photographers, both official and freelance, who contributed to the forging of Mussolini's image. It departs from the practice of using photographs purely for illustration and places them instead at the centre of the analysis. Throughout the 1930s photographs of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini were chosen with much care by the regime. They were deployed to highlight those physical traits - the piercing eyes, protruding jaw, shaved head - that were meant to evoke the Duce's strength, determination and innate sense of leadership in the mind of his contemporaries.  The chapters in this volume explore the photographic image in the socio-political context of the time and shows how it was a significant contributor to the development of Italian mass culture between the two world wars.

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Offers the first account of the work of the photographers, both official and freelance, who contributed to the forging of Mussolini's image Departs from the practice of using photographs purely for illustration and places them instead at the centre of the analysis Explores the photographic image in the socio-political context of the time and culture of Italy between the two world wars