Aesthetic Modernism and Masculinity in Fascist Italy.

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Aesthetic Modernism and Masculinity in Fascist Italy is an interdisciplinary historical re-reading of a series of representative texts that complicate our current understanding of the portrayal of masculinity in the Italian fascist era. Examining paintings, films, music and literature in light of so...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Champagne, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Popular culture and world politics.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Fascism and art > Italy > History > 20th century.
Masculinity in art.
Modernism (Aesthetics) > Italy.
Arts, Italian > 20th century.
Fascisme et art > Italie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Masculinité dans l'art.
Modernisme (Esthétique) > Italie.
Arts italiens > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
ART > Performance.
ART > Reference.
Arts, Italian
Fascism and art
Masculinity in art
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Italy
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Aesthetic Modernism and Masculinity in Fascist Italy; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: beyond virility; 1 Fascism, modernism, and the contradictions of capitalism; 2 Pirandello fascista?: modernism and the theater of masculinity; 3 The dandy, the mystic, and the Tonalists: Italian modernistpainting and the male body; 4 "A glimpse through an interstice caught": fascism and MarioCastelnuovo-Tedesco's "Calamus" songs; 5 Giorgio Bassani and "Italian 'queers' of the 1930s"; Conclusion: "beyond" fascism?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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