Furnishing fascism: modernist design and politics in Italy

Abstract

"Furnishing Fascism examines the subtle yet effective role of household goods and decor in the cultivation of Italy's exclusionary sense of national identity during Mussolini's fascist regime. Interweaving design theory, architectural history, and media scholarship, Ignacio G. Galán reveals the political entanglement of modernism in early twentieth-century Italy and offers valuable insight into the complications of cultural production under the auspices of authoritarian power"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction. From the chair to the nation -- The national market of furnishing : toward the "new Italian house" -- Interiors in print media : "the question of taste" -- National film sets : the synthesizing of modernist fictions -- Furnishing the empire : "nomad" interiors and carceral habitations -- The mobile objects of tourism : Mediterranean occupations.