Mussolini's children : race and elementary education in Fascist Italy /
McLean, Eden K.,
Mussolini's children : race and elementary education in Fascist Italy / Eden K. McLean. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Defining Fascist power and identity, 1922-29 -- Designing a Fascist elementary education -- "Reawakening the spirit" -- "Fascistizing" the nation and race, 1929-34 -- From instruction to education -- From fit to Fascist -- Resurrecting the Roman Empire, 1934-38 -- "Libro e moschetto, fascista perfetto," 1934-36 -- Educating rulers for the second Roman Empire, 1936-38 -- Ensuring the empire's immortality, 1938-40 -- Enforcing the racial ideal -- Enduring principles of Italian racial identity -- Conclusion.
""Mussolini's Children" uses modern theories of race and biopolitics and the lens of state-mandated youth culture--elementary education and the auxiliary organizations designed to mold the minds and bodies of Italy's children between the ages of five and eleven--to understand the evolution of Fascist racism"--
9781496207203 9781496207227
Fascism and education--Italy.
Fascism--History--Italy--20th century.
Fascism and youth--History--Italy--20th century.
Electronic Books.
LA791 / .M877 2018
Mussolini's children : race and elementary education in Fascist Italy / Eden K. McLean. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Defining Fascist power and identity, 1922-29 -- Designing a Fascist elementary education -- "Reawakening the spirit" -- "Fascistizing" the nation and race, 1929-34 -- From instruction to education -- From fit to Fascist -- Resurrecting the Roman Empire, 1934-38 -- "Libro e moschetto, fascista perfetto," 1934-36 -- Educating rulers for the second Roman Empire, 1936-38 -- Ensuring the empire's immortality, 1938-40 -- Enforcing the racial ideal -- Enduring principles of Italian racial identity -- Conclusion.
""Mussolini's Children" uses modern theories of race and biopolitics and the lens of state-mandated youth culture--elementary education and the auxiliary organizations designed to mold the minds and bodies of Italy's children between the ages of five and eleven--to understand the evolution of Fascist racism"--
9781496207203 9781496207227
Fascism and education--Italy.
Fascism--History--Italy--20th century.
Fascism and youth--History--Italy--20th century.
Electronic Books.
LA791 / .M877 2018