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ITALIAN COLONIALISM AND RESISTANCES TO EMPIRE, 1930-1970 IBD

NEELAM SRIVASTAVA
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
02 / 2018
9781137465832
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Sinopsis

This book provides an innovative cultural history of Italian colonialism and its impact on twentieth-century ideas of empire and anti-colonialism. In October 1935, Mussoliniʼs army attacked Ethiopia,ádefying the League of Nations and other European imperial powers. The book explores the widespread political and literary responses to the invasion, highlightingáhow Pan-Africanism drew its sustenance from opposition to ItalyâÇÖs late empire-building, and reading the work of George Padmore, Claude McKay, and CLR James alongside the feminist and socialist anti-colonial campaigner Sylvia PankhurstâÇÖs broadsheet, New Times and Ethiopia News. Extending into the postwar period, the book examines the fertile connections between anti-colonialism and anti-fascism in Italian literature and art, tracing the emergence of a 'resistance aesthetics' in works such as The Battle of Algiers and Giovanni PirelliâÇÖs harrowing books of testimony about AlgeriaâÇÖs war of independence, both inspired by Frantz Fanon. This book will interest readers passionate about postcolonial studies, the history of Italian imperialism, Pan-Africanism, print cultures, and Italian postwar culture.á