Under Italian Fascism, African-Italian mulattoes and white Italians living in Egypt posed a particular threat to the pursuit of a homogenous national identity. This book examines novels and films of the period, showing that their attempts at stigmatization were self-undermining, forcing audiences to reassess their collective identity.

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• Introduction

• Hybridities in Fascist Studies

• The Political and Cultural Contexts of Fascism

• Race, Gender, and Nationalism in Fascist Ideology

• Fascist Aesthetics and Media

• Transnational Fascism and Its Legacies

• Conclusion

Rosetta Giuliani Caponetto is Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Auburn University, USA.

Book Title
Fascist Hybridities

Book Subtitle
Representations of Racial Mixing and Diaspora Cultures under Mussolini

Authors
Rosetta Giuliani Caponetto

Series Title
Italian and Italian American Studies

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137481863

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan New York

eBook Packages
Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

Copyright Information
Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015

Hardcover ISBN
978-1-137-48184-9
Published: 09 April 2015

eBook ISBN
978-1-137-48186-3
Published: 05 February 2016

Series ISSN
2635-2931

Series E-ISSN
2635-294X

Edition Number
1

Number of Pages
XI, 199

Topics
European History, History of World War II and the Holocaust, History of Italy, African History, History of North Africa, Imperialism and Colonialism