The cult of the Duce

The cult of the DuceThe cult of the Duce is the first book to explore systematically the personality cult of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, looking in detail at its many manifestations in the visual arts, architecture, political spectacle and the media, and analyses its controversial resonances in the postwar period.

This book demonstrates the importance of these publications to better understand broader notions of popular culture and to keep deconstructing such binaries as ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture

that the notion of simulation arose in a number of discrete contexts

reflecting the changing social climate of the nation

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JDR is similar to mediation

The book delves into the philosophy of the series and its fans

the book offers a new narrative that challenges conventional understandings of politics

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the ethics of autobiographical performance

This book places the Manchester School in the vanguard of modern social anthropology

Contributors come from a range of backgrounds and explore the digital innovations and technical interactions between human and machine that allow the show to challenge conventional notions of performance and identity

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