The Divo and the Duce
In the climate of isolationism, nativism, democratic expansion of civic rights, and consumerism that America experienced after the First World War, Italian-born movie star Rudolph Valentino and Italy's dictator, Benito Mussolini, became surprisingly appealing emblems of authoritarian male power...
Main Author: | Bertellini, Giorgio (auth) |
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Format: | eBook |
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University of California Press
2019
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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