La destra italiana e il colonialismo nei periodici illustrati (1947-1966)
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Federico Robbe [1]
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[1] Università di Bergamo
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- Localización: Memoria e ricerca, ISSN 1127-0195, ISSN-e 1972-523X, Nº 50 (settembre-dicembre), 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Fashion Studies. La moda nella storia), págs. 139-159
- Idioma: italiano
- Títulos paralelos:
- The Italian Right and colonialism in the magazines (1947-1966)
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Resumen
The article aims to understand the path of colonial memory of the Italian Right in its neo-fascist and “apolitical” components. After the Peace Treaty of 1947 and the loss of the colonies (Somalia was ruled by an Italian Trusteeship Administration between 1950 and 1960), the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement reclaimed insistently the return of overseas territories. Then, in the Fifties, colonial memory became a recurring issue in large circulation weekly magazines such as «Oggi», «Gente» and «Epoca», related to the moderate Right. These magazines strengthened the myth of “Italians as a good people”, especially regarding the fascist Ethiopia. Only in the mid-Sixties, thanks to the first scientific studies, that myth was undermined. Therefore a continuity between neo-fascist message and widespread magazines existed: the latter were certainly less racist, but equally involved in the spreading a stereotyped and positive vision of Italian civilization. But it was a false narration functional to contemporary political interests, in fact it didn’t stand the test of time.
