{"product_id":"the-cult-of-the-duce-stephen-gundle-9780719096631","title":"The Cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italians","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe cult of the Duce is the first book to explore systematically the personality cult of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. It examines the factors which informed the cult and looks in detail at its many manifestations in the visual arts, architecture, political spectacle and the media. The conviction that Mussolini was an exceptional individual first became dogma among Fascists and then was communicated to the people at large. Intellectuals and artists helped fashion the idea of him as a new Caesar while the modern media of press, photography, cinema and radio aggrandised his every public act. The book considers the way in which Italians experienced the personality cult and analyses its controversial resonances in the postwar period. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcademics and students with interests in Italian and European history and politics will find the volume indispensable to an understanding of Fascism, Italian society and culture, and modern political leadership. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the contributions is an Afterword by Mussolini's leading biographer, R.J.B. Bosworth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Gundle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0719096634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719096631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.62d","brand":"Stephen Gundle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437991604479,"sku":"9780719096631","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e82c6bb2-64e0-4000-9fa4-ce5b0af934f2.jpg?v=1777168056","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cult-of-the-duce-stephen-gundle-9780719096631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}