The Culture of Fascism
Subtitle: Visions of the Far Right in Britain
Contributors: Julie V. Gottlieb (Editor); Thomas P. Linehan (Editor)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: March 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781860647994
Subjects: Fascism & Nazism; History of ideas, intellectual history; 20th century; Politics/International Relations; Political Ideologies - Fascism & Totalitarianism; Political Science; History - General History; Textbooks; British Isles; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Social History; Europe - Great Britain - General; Political Science / Political Parties; Political Process - Political Parties
First sentence: The historiography of the British far Right has evolved over the past decades from studies adhering to largely empirical approaches, and motivated principally by the need to understand the 'failure' of British fascism according to political and socio-economic explanatory models, to fresher perspectives and more innovative methodological approaches that suggest the relative place of the far Right in larger debates in the fields of both contemporary British history and comparative fascism.
Description: "The history and ideologies of the Far Right in Britain have been well documented, but there has been little understanding of the movement's cultural foundations. This text explores the cultural history of fascism and the Far Right and mines a seam of intense interest for both academics and students, as well as for the general reader. The book demonstrates that British fascism is essentially not just a political movement, but one that has as its goal the establishment of an all-embracing fascist culture in Britain. The contributions cover film, theatre, music, literature, the visual arts and the mass media. Striking examples of the material that they examine include fascist marching songs, "Aryan music", the creation of Mosley as a "matinee idol", even "fascist science", the cult of the "New Fascist Man" and fascist "masculinity" and "feminity". The authors demonstrate the persistence of the Far Right cultural forms from Mosley's British Union of Fascists within the present National Front and British National Party."--Pub. desc.