The Cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italians

The cult of the Duce is the first book to explore systematically the personality cult of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, looking in detail at its many manifestations in the visual arts, architecture, political spectacle and the media, and analyses its controversial resonances in the postwar period.

Author: Stephen Gundle
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 06/30/2013
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780719088964

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2014

About the Author

Stephen Gundle is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick

Christopher Duggan is Professor of Modern Italian History at the University of Reading

Giuliana Pieri is Reader in Italian and the Visual Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London