The politics оf spectacle: Italian music аnd Fascist propaganda
The politics оf spectacle: Italian music аnd Fascist propaganda
Author(s): Roberto Illiano, Massimiliano SalaSubject(s): Cultural history, Music, Visual Arts, Political history, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Muzikološki institut SANU
Keywords: Fascism; Propaganda; Race; Mussolini; Petrassi;
Summary/Abstract: Propaganda played a very important role during Fascism; the kind of propaganda used by Mussolini to build a totalitarian state was to a very large extent based on his own personality cult, on the myth of the leader. Despite the disastrous outcome of the Mussolini regime, the propaganda has outlived Mussolini himself. Cultivating the image therefore becomes an essential part of the mechanism of generating consensus, anticipating by more than half a century the politics of spectacle used today throughout the world.
Journal: Muzikologija
- Issue Year: 2/2012
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 9-26
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English