Fascism comes to America : a century of obsession in politics and culture

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Fascism comes to America : a century of obsession in politics and culture

Bruce Kuklick

University of Chicago Press, 2022

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Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)

Includes index

Summary: "The term "fascist" has been thrown around in American politics and culture for much of the twentieth and twenty-first century. It is a popular epithet that is used to brand all kinds of political opponents from left to right. What does the term mean? How is it used? How did it show up in American history and culture with the rise of fascist regimes in Europe before World War II? Why has its use persisted even as those regimes were defeated? Why has "fascist" come to carry such negative associations? In Fascism Comes to America Bruce Kuklick explores the history of the use and meaning of fascism in American politics and culture for the past hundred years. His survey spans everything from scholarly work to the statements of politicians, the writings of journalists and pundits, and its use in popular culture, particularly in the way fascism has been employed in film. His goal is to figure out how people have used the concept to critique our politics, to comment on the history of the twentieth century,

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A deeply relevant look at what fascism means to Americans. From the time Mussolini took power in Italy in 1922, Americans have been obsessed with and brooded over the meaning of fascism and how it might migrate to the United States. Fascism Comes to America examines how we have viewed fascism overseas and its implications for our own country. Bruce Kuklick explores the rhetoric of politicians, who have used the language of fascism to smear opponents, and he looks at the discussions of pundits, the analyses of academics, and the displays of fascism in popular culture, including fiction, radio, TV, theater, and film. Kuklick argues that fascism has little informational meaning in the United States, but instead, it is used to denigrate or insult. For example, every political position has been besmirched as fascist. As a result, the term does not describe a phenomenon so much as it denounces what one does not like. Finally, in displaying fascism for most Americans, entertainment-and most importantly film-has been crucial in conveying to citizens what fascism is about. Fascism Comes to America has been enhanced by many illustrations that exhibit how fascism was absorbed into the US public consciousness.

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Introduction: Expressing Fascism Part I: 1909-49 Why Fascism? 1 Fascism before Fascism, 1909-35 2 Franklin Roosevelt and Political Culture, 1932-36 3 Perplexity at Home and Abroad, 1934-38 4 Foreign and Domestic Contradictions, 1938-40 5 The Coming of the War, 1939-42 6 Fascism Penetrates Popular Life, 1936-49 Part II: 1942-2020 Performing Words 7 Fascism on the Right, 1942-70 8 Europeans Bring Fascism to the States 9 Fascism Triumphs over Communism 10 Scholars Approach Fascism 11 Fascism Everywhere, 1970-2020 12 Democracy and Fascism Conclusion: Fascism without Fascism Acknowledgments Notes, Sources, and Methods Notes Index

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