Cultural Policies

Question 1

how did mussolini implement censorship?

Answer 1

• July, 1925
• anti-fascist newspapers shut down
• only allowed to print articles approved by government
• December, 1925: all journalists required to be on register by Fascist Party
• government-controlled media: press and radio, only news favourable to regime allowed to broadcast
• censorship of socialist, communist, and liberal ideas

Question 2

censorship
what was OVRA?

Question 3

what was the romanita movement?

Answer 3

• link italy to ancient rome
• mussolini described as the ‘new Caesar’
• fasces adopted as fascist emblem, incorpoating it into fascist flag

Question 4

how did Mussolini promote Italian culture and history?

Answer 4

• established ‘Accademia d’Italia in January, 1926to promote and support artists, writers, and intellectuals who celebrated Italy’s culture, history and power
• funded archaelogical excavations and restoring monuments
• established national museums and cultural institutions
• made Italian the official language of Italy

Question 5

what was Futurism?

Answer 5

• artistic and cultural movement that celebrated the new Fascist State
• rejected traditional art forms and celebrated power and progress of modern technology
• futurist artists and writers given positions of power in government, and used as propaganda
• advocated for the destruction of museums and libraries

examples include:
* 1942: Futurist Pavilion at Milan’s Trade Fair
* moisaics of the EUR (a district of Rome built during the fascist era)

Question 6

what other areas of culture from other study sets I made can I link?

Answer 6

• policies regarding women
• education (promotion of fascist ideology)