The cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italians

Part I. The origins of a personality cult. Political cults in liberal Italy, 1861-1922 / Christopher Duggan

The propagation of the cult of the Duce, 1925-26 / Christopher Duggan

Margherita Sarfatti and the invention of the Duce / Simona Storchi

Sanity from a lunatic asylum : Ida Dalser's threat to Mussolini's image / Daniela Baratieri

Mass culture and the cult of personality / Stephen Gundle

Part II. The Duce and the Fascist regime. A town for the cult of the Duce : Predappio as a site of pilgrimage / Sofia Serenelli

Mussolini's appearances in the regions / Stephen Gundle

The internalisation of the cult of the Duce : the evidence of diaries and letters / Christopher Duggan

Mussolini and the Italian Empire, 1935-41 / Giuseppe Finaldi

Part III. The iconography of the Duce. Portraits of the Duce / Giuliana Pieri

Photographing Mussolini / Alessandra Antola

Mussolini as monument : the equestrian statue of the Duce at the Littoriale Stadium in Bologna / Simona Storchi

Mussolini and the city of Rome / Eugene Pooley

Part IV. After the fall of Fascism. The destiny of the art and artefacts / Giuliana Pieri

The aftermath of the Mussolini cult : history, nostalgia and popular culture / Stephen Gundle

Mussolini and post-war Italian television / Vanessa Roghi

Afterword / R.J.B. Bosworth.