Description
| Product ID: | 9783030565084 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Italian and Italian American Studies |
| Title: | Photographing Mussolini |
| Subtitle: | The Making of a Political Icon |
| Authors: | Author: Alessandra Antola Swan |
| Page Count: | 393 |
| Subjects: | Photography and photographs, Photography & photographs, Communication studies, European history, History: specific events and topics, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes, Communication studies, European history, History: specific events & topics, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-12-12 |
