Italian Colonialism

Italian Colonialism is a pioneering anthology of texts by scholars from seven countries who represent the best of classical and newer approaches to the study of Italian imperial endeavors in Africa. Essays on the political, economic, and military aspects of Italian colonialism are featured alongside works that reflect the insights of anthropology, race and gender studies, film, architecture, and oral and cultural history. The volume includes many essays by Italian and African scholars that have never been translated into English. It is a unique resource that offers students and scholars a comprehensive view of the field.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. Her publications include Fascist Modernities: Italy 1922-45.

Mia Fuller is Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.

Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. x
Chronology	p. xiv
Editors' Note on Transliterations	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Conquest	p. 13
Constructing Italian Africa: Geography and Geopolitics	p. 15
Italian Colonial Internment	p. 27
The Italian Air Force in the Ethiopian War (1935-1936)	p. 37
Poison Gas and Atrocities in the Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936)	p. 47
Colonization	p. 57
State and Class Formation and Collaboration in Colonial Libya	p. 59
The Early Years of the Agency for the Colonization of Cyrenaica (1932-1935)	p. 73
Empire Building and Its Limitations: Ethiopia (1935-1941)	p. 83
Practices and Ideologies	p. 95
Patrilinearity, Race, and Identity: The Upbringing of Italo-Eritreans during Italian Colonialism	p. 97
The Ideology of Colonialism: Educational Policy and Praxis in Eritrea	p. 109
Mussolini, Libya, and the Sword of Islam	p. 121
Preservation and Self-Absorption: Italian Colonization and the Walled City of Tripoli, Libya	p. 131
Representations	p. 143
Pioneering Female Modernity: Fascist Women in Colonial Africa	p. 145
Public Space and Public Face: Italian Fascist Urban Planning at Tripoli's Colonial Trade Fair	p. 155
The Architecture of Tourism in Italian Libya: The Creation of a Mediterranean Identity	p. 167
The Italian Colonial Cinema: Agendas and Audiences	p. 179
Legacies	p. 193
The Obligations of Italy Toward Libya	p. 195
Damages Caused by the Italian Fascist Colonization of Libya	p. 203
Italian Memories/African Memories of Colonialism	p. 209
Italians as "Good" Colonizers: Speaking Subalterns and the Politics of Memory in the Dodecanese	p. 221
Madamismo and Beyond: The Construction of Eritrean Women	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 261
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