Journal article
British fascism, fascist culture, British culture
Patterns of Prejudice, Vol.53(3), pp.236-252
2019
Abstract
In reading British fascism as a cultural phenomenon, historians have started to chart the cultural products and visions of British fascists during the interwar and post-war periods. Such analysis has tended to focus on fascists' discourse on culture (particularly the ways that they position liberalism and modernism as degenerate), or on the cultural texts of fascists/fascism in the form of, inter alia, literature, music, dress and art. George Mosse goes as far as to argue that it is only through a cultural interpretation of fascism that we can come to understand the movement 'from the inside out'. However, the notion of fascist culture is contentious, and not simply because the meanings of both 'fascism' and 'culture' are highly contested. Eschewing Mosse's invitation to interpret fascism as culture, Richardson nevertheless argues that 'the cultural' can be understood as one approach to fascism. In this article, Richardson discusses six ways into a critical cultural analysis of the continuing presence of fascist political projects, focusing in particular on the British variant.
Details
- Title
- British fascism, fascist culture, British culture
- Authors
- John E Richardson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publication details
- Patterns of Prejudice, Vol.53(3), pp.236-252
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.1080/0031322X.2019.1595463
- ISSN
- 0031-322X
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451363202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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- Ethnic Studies
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