"As well as being physical journeys, they were explorations and
reworkings, through travel, of the writers' own sense of Italian
and Fascist identity. Indeed, one of the most interesting
suggestions of this original and important book is that the
identity of Fascist Italy was built out of comparisons with other
places...a fascinating book on Italian travel writing of the
Fascist period." . Times Literary Supplement
..".this is a highly recommended book for those wishing to
expand their knowledge of the cultural and political roles of
travel writing, as well as the perceptions, ambitions,
inconsistencies, contradictions and areas of ambiguity prevailing
among Italian elites under Fascism." . Journal of Contemporary
European Studies
" a]smoothly written, thoughtful study" . H-Net
..".a sophisticated and very well researched study that] makes a
significant contribution to the growing corpus of studies of
fascist culture and of the often subtle and varied ways in which
the regime's goals and messages were transmitted to the general
public. It is well organized and well written and is intelligently
structured." . Christopher Duggan, University of Reading
During the twenty years of Mussolini's rule a huge number of
travel texts were written of journeys made during the interwar
period to the sacred sites of Fascist Italy, Mussolini's newly
conquered African empire, Spain during the Civil War, Nazi Germany,
Communist Russia and the America of the New Deal. Examining these
observations by writers and journalists, the author throws new
light on the evolving ideology of Fascism, how it was experienced
and propagated by prominent figures of the time; how the regime
created a utopian vision of the Roman past and the imperial future;
and how it interpreted the attractions and dangers of other
totalitarian cultures.
The book helps gain a better understanding of the evolving
concepts of imperialism, which were at the heart of Italian
Fascism, and thus shows that travel writing can offer an important
contribution to historical analysis.
Charles Burdett, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies,
specializes on Italian culture under Fascism. He is the author of
Vincenzo Cardarelli and his Contemporaries (Oxford University
Press, 1999). He is the editor with Claire Gorrara and Helmut
Peitsch of European Memories of the Second World War (Berghahn
Books, 1999) and with Derek Duncan, of Cultural Encounters:
European Travel Writing of the 1930s (Berghahn Books, 2002)."
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