Mussolini's Theatre

Fascist Experiments in Art and Politics
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-83059-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 198 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Benito Mussolini has persistently been described as an 'actor' – and also as a master of illusions. In her vividly narrated account of the Italian dictator's relationship with the theatre, Patricia Gaborik discards any metaphorical notions of Il Duce as a performer and instead tells the story of his life as literal spectator, critic, impresario, dramatist and censor of the stage. Discussing the ways in which the autarch's personal tastes and convictions shaped, in fascist Italy, theatrical programming, she explores Mussolini's most significant dramatic influences, his association with important figures such as Luigi Pirandello, Gabriele D'Annunzio and George Bernard Shaw, his oversight of stage censorship, and his forays into playwriting. By focusing on its subject's manoeuvres in the theatre, and manipulation of theatrical ideas, this consistently illuminating book transforms our understandings of fascism as a whole. It will have strong appeal to readers in both theatre studies and modern Italian history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaborik, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Einzelne Theaterschauspieler & Regisseure
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Faschismus, Rechtsextremismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Mussolini the Critic; 2. Mussolini the Impresario: Part I. Fascism and the Art Theatre: 3. Mussolini the Dramatist; 4. Mussolini the Censor; 5. Mussolini the Impresario: Part II. Fascism and the Theatre for Masses.

Über Autor(innen)

Gaborik, Patricia
Patricia Gaborik teaches at the University of Calabria and has been fellow of the American Academy in Rome (FAAR '06). She has been visiting scholar at Stanford, UCLA, and Columbia University. She is the editor-translator of Massimo Bontempelli's Watching the Moon and Other Plays (2013) and editor of Pirandello in Context (2021).