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Fascism, the War, and Structures of Feeling in Italy, 1943-1945 - Tales in Chiaroscuro (Hardcover)
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Fascism, the War, and Structures of Feeling in Italy, 1943-1945 - Tales in Chiaroscuro (Hardcover)
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On July 25, 1943, news of Mussolini's resignation and subsequent
arrest stunned Italians leaving them dumbfounded. After two
decades, fascism had fallen without any advance warning. As festive
events marked the incredible outcome and reminders of the past were
destroyed, an uncontainable joy seemed to pervade Italians. But
what did people actually celebrate? How did they understand the
bygone dictatorship, which was soon to be reincarnated in the
Italian Social Republic (RSI)? Drawing on more than one hundred
diaries written by ordinary citizens (and some prominent figures as
well) and inspired by Raymond Williams's concept of structures of
feeling, the book examines Italians' perspectives on fascism at a
very critical moment in their history. With the country mired in a
devastating war further complicated by the September 8, 1943
armistice with the Allies and subsequent German
occupation—followed by the eruption of an Italian-against-Italian
conflict, the switching of alliances, and the declaration of war
against Germany on October 13, 1943—the fast pace of history
seemed to deflect Italians' attention from their immediate past.
Amidst the daily experience of bombings, hunger, displacement, and
death, coming to terms with twenty years of dictatorship turned out
to be an arduous enterprise. Whether those who had lived under the
fascist regime wished 'not to think of it and not to speak any more
about it' as philosopher Benedetto Croce maintained, it is hard to
ascertain. In truth, little is known of what Italians felt and
thought about fascism after its precipitous demise. This book
remedies the gap in historical scholarship by assessing how
Italians confronted their present and negotiated their past during
the two years from the fall of the regime to the definitive defeat
of the RSI and the end of the world war in May 1945. By bringing to
life the cultural imaginaries and practices of the past, the book
raises ostensibly intractable questions on the epochal impact of
what often appears as inconsequential: the typically unseen and
seemingly banal power of everyday experiences.
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Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi
(Professor, Department of Sociology)
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Dimensions: |
240 x 160 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-288750-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-19-288750-5 |
Barcode: |
9780192887504 |
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