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The Pathologisation of Homosexuality in Fascist Italy de Gabriella Romano

The Pathologisation of Homosexuality in Fascist Italy

Autor Gabriella Romano
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 oct 2020
This open access book investigates the pathologisation of homosexuality during the fascist regime in Italy through an analysis of the case of G., a man with "homosexual tendencies" interned in the Collegno mental health hospital in 1928. No systematic study exists on the possibility that Fascism used internment in an asylum as a tool of repression for LGBT people, as an alternative to confinement on an island, prison or home arrests. This research offers evidence that in some cases it did. The book highlights how the dictatorship operated in a low-key, shadowy and undetectable manner, bending pre-existing legislation. Its brutality was - and still is - difficult to prove. It also emphasises the ways in which existing stereotypes on homosexuality were reinforced by the regime propaganda in support of its so-called moralising campaign and how families, the police and the medical professionals joined forces in implementing this form of repression.

This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781013270444
ISBN-10: 1013270444
Pagini: 114
Dimensiuni: 216 x 280 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Saint Philip Street Press

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. “Dangerous to Themselves and Others, and of Public Scandal”: The Internment Procedure.- 3.“Psychic Degenerate”: Why G. Was Interned.- 4. “He and I”: G’.s Voice.- 5. "I'll have you sent to confino". How the fascist regime punished and repressed homosexuality.- 6. “House of Sorrow”: The Collegno Asylum in 1928–1931.- 7. “My Untamed, Alone, Naked Will”: Freedom.- 8. Conclusions.

Notă biografică

Gabriella Romano is an independent scholar from Italy. She received Wellcome funding for her MRes at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and was awarded full Wellcome funding for her PhD. Previous publications include I Sapori della Seduzione (2006) and Il mio nome è Lucy (2009).

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This open access book investigates the pathologisation of homosexuality during the fascist regime in Italy through an analysis of the case of G., a man with "homosexual tendencies" interned in the Collegno mental health hospital in 1928. No systematic study exists on the possibility that Fascism used internment in an asylum as a tool of repression for LGBT people, as an alternative to confinement on an island, prison or home arrests. This research offers evidence that in some cases it did.

The book highlights how the dictatorship operated in a low-key, shadowy and undetectable manner, bending pre-existing legislation. Its brutality was - and still is - difficult to prove. It also emphasises the ways in which existing stereotypes on homosexuality were reinforced by the regime propaganda in support of its so-called moralising campaign and how families, the police and the medical professionals joined forces in implementing this form of repression.

Caracteristici

Demonstrates how psychiatry was used as a tool of repression and persecution of homosexuality in fascist Italy Explores the connections between families, the police and the medical professionals in implementing this form of repression Utilises archival material that have never been used in historical research before