Superman Supreme
Fascist Body as Political Icon - Global Fascism
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 25. Februar 2014
272 Seiten
978-1-135-29701-5 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The supremacy of the global fascist superman never became a reality but was certainly an intention. This work explores the use of the image of the male body in European, American and Asian fascism of varying degrees and various interpretations, and the differences and similarities involved.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Produkt-Hinweis
Reflowable
Dateigröße
12,24 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-29701-5 (9781135297015)
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Prologue: global fascism and the male body - ambitions, similarities and dissimilarities, J.A. Mangan; model of masculinity - Mussolini, the new Italian of the fascist era, Gigliola Gori; muscular Anschluss - German bodies and Austrian imitators, Wolfgang Weber, Paula Black; fascist political athletes and the body politic - Bulgaria reborn, Vassil Girginov, Peter Bankov; the iconic symbolism of Neils Bukh - Aryan body culture, Danish gymnastics and Nordic tradition, Hans Bonde; fascists and Christians! in the Spanish martial tradition of the soldier-monk, Teresa Gonzalez Aja; return to manhood - the cult of masculinity and the British Union of Fascists, Tony Collins; bodies from Brazil - fascist aesthetics in a South American setting, Lamartine P. da Costa, Plinio Labriola; militarism, sacrifice and emperor worship - the expendable male body in Japanese martial culture, J.A. Mangan, Takeshi Komagome; blueshirts, nationalists and nationalism - fascism in 1930s China, Fan Hong.
