Title: Fascist virilities
First published: 1996
Description: Fascist Virilities exposes the relation between rhetoric and ideology. Barbara Spackman looks at Italian fascism as a matter of discourse, with "virility" as the master code that articulates and melds its disparate elements. In her analysis, rhetoric binds together the elements of ideology, with "virility" as the key. To reveal how this works, Spackman traces the circulation of "virility" in the discourse of the Italian regime and in the rhetorical practices of Mussolini himself.

She tracks the appearance of virility in two of the sources of fascist rhetoric, Gabriele D'Annunzio and F.T. Marinetti, in the writings of the futurist Valentine de Saint Point and the fascist feminist Teresa Labriola, and in the speeches of Mussolini. A critical and timely contribution to the current reappraisal of fascist ideology, this book will interest anyone concerned with the relations between gender, sexuality, and fascist discourse.
Subjects: Fascism, Fascism and sex, Fascism and women, Masculinity, Political aspects, Political aspects of Rhetoric, Politics and government, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Fascism, Rhetoric, Fascism, italy, Italy, politics and government, Masculinity--italy, Rhetoric--political aspects, Rhetoric--political aspects--italy, Fascism and sex--italy, Fascism and women--italy, Fascism--psychological aspects, Fascism--italy--psychological aspects, Hq1090.7.i8 s67 1996, 305.3
Places: Italy
Time periods: 1922-1945
LC classification: HQ1090.7.I8 S67 1996