Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Rhetorics of Virility: D'Annunzio, Marinetti, Mussolini, Benjamin; 2 Fascist Women and the Rhetoric of Virility; 3 Mafarka and Son: Marinetti's Homophobic Economics; 4 D'Annunzio and the Antidemocratic Fantasy; 5 Fascism as Discursive Regime; Notes; Index
Summary
Exploring different conceptions of virilityas well as the reproductive fantasies they producein a selection of Italian political manifestos and literary writings, Fascist Virilities exposes the relation between fascist rhetoric and ideology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-182) and index
