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The Italian fascists under Benito Mussolini appropriated many
aspects of the country's Catholic religious heritage to exploit the
mystique and power of the sacred. One concept that the regime
deployed as a core strategy was that of "sacrifice." In this book,
Chiara Ferrari interrogates how the rhetoric of sacrifice was used
by the Italian fascist regime throughout the interwar years to
support its totalitarian project and its vision of an
all-encompassing bond between the people and the state. The
Rhetoric of Violence and Sacrifice in Fascist Italy focuses on
speeches by Benito Mussolini and key literary works by prominent
writers Carlo Emilio Gadda and Elio Vittorini. Through this
investigation, Ferrari demonstrates how sacrifice functioned in
relation to other elements of fascist rhetoric, such as the
frequent reiterations of an impending national crisis, the need for
collaboration among social classes, and the forging of social
contact between the leader and the people.
Current trends of globalization have influenced the social,
economic, and political framework of national media worldwide. In
recent years, the field of media studies has focused on
globalization as a phenomenon that has greatly impacted the
production and reception of media formats. By reshaping local
economies, diversifying societies, and introducing digital
technologies, the globalization of media has enacted a process of
re-definition of national and local broadcasting. Beyond Monopoly:
Globalization and Contemporary Italian Media examines the impact of
globalization on contemporary Italian media. By engaging both the
production and reception levels of different media, this volume
assesses the extent to which Italian media have been part of
current trends of media flows and have responded to the centrifugal
and centripetal forces of globalization. The contributors to this
edited volume touch upon a wide diversity of issues, such as
foreign ownership on Satellite TV, the effects of digital
technology on media policy making, and the framing of "Otherness"
in the news. Beyond Monopoly provides a unique case study of the
complexity of national media in the era of globalization that will
appeal to students as well as scholars of global and national media
systems.
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