Il fascismo e gli Italian Studies in Gran Bretagna: Le strategie e i risultati della propaganda (1921–40)

Colacicco, Tamara

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“…In conclusion, the experiences of 1922-3 allowed Salvemini to be held in high esteem by intellectuals, academics and newspaper editors, who proactively showed their support in 1925. At the same time, Salvemini was able to use the personal esteem that he had gained and make it part of a wider antifascist strategy plan, which would involve British intellectuals, aiming to have an impact on British public opinion and change the misleading perception of Mussolini as a leader bringing order and stability to Italy, as disseminated by Fascist propaganda (Baldoli 2003, Colacicco 2018.…”

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Salvemini's antifascist exile in London: attracting the attention of a British audience

Gussoni

2023

Mod. Italy

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In 1925 the Fascist dictatorship forced Gaetano Salvemini to leave Italy and begin a new life in exile. Salvemini understood he could find political and financial support in London to achieve two main aims: to live a decent life as an antifascist exile and fight the Fascist dictatorship from abroad. Thanks to a network encompassing intellectuals, academics, journalists, and politicians, London provided Salvemini with a platform for sharing antifascist stances outside Italy. This essay will develop research on this topic by taking into account Salvemini's conference speeches, articles, books, and essays written while in Britain, from 1925 to 1934. The corpus of the selected texts will show that Salvemini carefully singled out topics that were able to attract the attention of a foreign audience, particularly British public opinion. Therefore, the analysis of Salvemini's intellectual production during this period and the reaction of the press will contribute to cast a new light on his antifascist strategies; in other words, it will lead to a consideration of the extent to which being part of a British intellectual network transformed his approach to the antifascist struggle.

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Salvemini's antifascist exile in London: attracting the attention of a British audience

Gussoni

2023

Mod. Italy

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The British Institute of Florence and the British Council in Fascist Italy: from Harold E. Goad to Ian G. Greenlees, 1922–1940

Colacicco

2018

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The first British cultural institute on foreign soil was founded in Florence in 1917. However, it was the creation of the British Council in London in 1935 that marked the beginning of the strengthening of the British cultural presence abroad. The aim of this drive was to promote knowledge of British culture and civic and political life overseas, to defend national prestige and, given the escalating expansionist policies of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, to encourage the preservation of dialogue between the major European powers, underpinned by democratic principles. Bridging a gap in research into the relationship between Italy and Great Britain in the interwar period, this article reconstructs the case study of British cultural diplomacy in Florence between 1922 and Mussolini’s declaration of war, analysing how British culture was used in politics and propaganda and investigating the relationship of the management of both the British Institute of Florence and the British Council with Fascism. In doing so, it offers original insight into British history and the country’s cultural institutions in Fascist Italy, and into the wider field of Anglo-Italian political and cultural relations during the period of dictatorship in Italy.

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Il fascismo e gli Italian Studies in Gran Bretagna: Le strategie e i risultati della propaganda (1921–40)

Cited by 2 publications

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Salvemini's antifascist exile in London: attracting the attention of a British audience

Salvemini's antifascist exile in London: attracting the attention of a British audience

The British Institute of Florence and the British Council in Fascist Italy: from Harold E. Goad to Ian G. Greenlees, 1922–1940

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