Mussolini's rhetoric on youth and the Opera Nazionale Balilla, 1926-1937

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dc.contributor.advisorKennedy, Sean
dc.contributor.authorDeleanu, Darie
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:17:53Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:17:53Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2020-06-08T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstractItalian Fascism was a unique and complex political construction of the twentieth century. It attempted to remodel Italian citizens and their daily lives according to Mussolini's ideals of virility and militaristic values. The regime's main goal was to create a nation that embodied the vitality of the Duce's speeches and would always be ready to serve the Fascist revolution. Fascist policies and reforms touched all political, economic, religious and educational realities of Italy in that period, but the reeducation of the youth was among the main goals of the totalitarian state. The Fascist state tried to create perfect followers of the regime and devoted supporters of Mussolini. This report will explore the relationship between the Fascist organization Opera Nazionale Balilla and the Italian youth. Through analysing Mussolini's speeches and the regime's concentrated efforts this report finds that Italian youth's universe of childhood was dramatically altered, and available alternatives to Fascist propaganda and social policies were drastically limited. These factors, coupled with the sacralisation of the Fascist political discourse resulted in an important degree of Fascistization of Italian youth.
dc.description.copyright©Darie Deleanu, 2012
dc.description.noteA Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Graduate Academic Unit of History Scanned from archival print submission
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dc.format.extentv, 56 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.oclc(OCoLC)1316705506en
dc.identifier.otherThesis 9006
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13380
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineHistory
dc.subject.lcshFascism--Italy.en
dc.subject.lcshOpera nazionale Balilla.en
dc.subject.lcshMussolini, Benito,--1883-1945.en
dc.titleMussolini's rhetoric on youth and the Opera Nazionale Balilla, 1926-1937
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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