Chapter An Italian Hero for China. Reading Marco Polo in the Fascist Era
This article offers an overview of the readings of Marco Polo’s ventures offered to the Italian public opinion during the Fascist era. Marco Polo’s image was adapted to the needs of patriotic pedagogy, propaganda of Fascist values and colonial aspirations, and the attempt to redefine Rome’s politica...
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Firenze University Press
2022
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| author | DE GIORGI, Laura |
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| description | This article offers an overview of the readings of Marco Polo’s ventures offered to the Italian public opinion during the Fascist era. Marco Polo’s image was adapted to the needs of patriotic pedagogy, propaganda of Fascist values and colonial aspirations, and the attempt to redefine Rome’s political, economic and cultural role in the world. In a complex mix of academic and popular readings, the official discourse transformed the Venetian traveller into a symbol of Italianness in China in order to legitimize Fascist Italy’s ambitions and expectations and stress its distinct identity in comparison with the other western powers. Although Chinese reception of this discourse was limited by several factors at that time, this process certainly helped establish Marco Polo’s iconic significance in Sino-Italian cultural diplomacy well into the twentieth century. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-923782025-08-13T13:42:33Z Chapter An Italian Hero for China. Reading Marco Polo in the Fascist Era DE GIORGI, Laura Marco Polo China and Italy Fascist propaganda Italian travel literature Italian nationalism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History This article offers an overview of the readings of Marco Polo’s ventures offered to the Italian public opinion during the Fascist era. Marco Polo’s image was adapted to the needs of patriotic pedagogy, propaganda of Fascist values and colonial aspirations, and the attempt to redefine Rome’s political, economic and cultural role in the world. In a complex mix of academic and popular readings, the official discourse transformed the Venetian traveller into a symbol of Italianness in China in order to legitimize Fascist Italy’s ambitions and expectations and stress its distinct identity in comparison with the other western powers. Although Chinese reception of this discourse was limited by several factors at that time, this process certainly helped establish Marco Polo’s iconic significance in Sino-Italian cultural diplomacy well into the twentieth century. 2022-09-22T04:17:30Z 2022-09-22T04:17:30Z 2022-09-15T20:07:52Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20220915_9788855185790_110 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58314 9788855185790 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92378 eng Connessioni. Studies in Transcultural History open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/58314/1/978-88-5518-579-0_10.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/58314/1/978-88-5518-579-0_10.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-579-0.10 10.36253/978-88-5518-579-0.10 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855185790 20 Florence open access |
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