Photographing Mussolini : the making of a political icon / Alessandra Antola Swan.

This pioneering book offers the first account of the work of the photographers, both official and freelance, who contributed to the forging of Mussolini's image. It departs from the practice of using photographs purely for illustration and places them instead at the centre of the analysis. Thro...

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Main Author: Swan, Alessandra Antola (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Italian and Italian American studies.
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- Part I: Setting the Scene -- 2. The photograph as a source and agent of history -- 3. Images in politics before Mussolini -- Part II: Production -- 4. The image makers of the Duce -- 5. The corporate image: Istituto Luce -- 6. The press-image: photojournalists and agencies -- 7. The aesthetic image: Ghitta Carell -- Part III: Audiencing -- 8. The visual presence of the Duce -- 9. Mussolini's early photographs -- 10. Mussolini's photogenic charisma -- 11. The emotional appeal -- 12. Marketing Mussolini -- 13. Conclusion. 
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