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The enemy of the new man: homosexuality in fascist Italy
title
The enemy of the new man: homosexuality in fascist Italy
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publisher
The University of Wisconsin Press
publication year
2012
description
In this in-depth historical study of homosexuality in Fascist Italy, Lorenzo Benadusi adds new insights to the study of the complex relationships of masculinity, sexuality, and Fascism; explores the connections between new Fascist values and preexisting Italian traditional and Roman Catholic views; documents the Fascist regime’s strategies for repressing and imprisoning homosexuals; uncovers the ways that accusations of homosexuality were used against political enemies; and shows how homosexuality was deemed the enemy of the Fascist ‘New Man’.
education level
temporal
reviewer
Katie Arthur
was created by
Benadusi, Lorenzo; Dingee, Suzanne; Pudney, Jennifer