The Pathologisation of Homosexuality in Fascist Italy
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The Pathologisation of Homosexuality in Fascist Italy

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The Pathologisation of Homosexuality in Fascist Italy

About this book

This open access book investigates the pathologisation of homosexuality during the fascist regime in Italy through an analysis of the case of G., a man with "homosexual tendencies" interned in the Collegno mental health hospital in 1928. No systematic study exists on the possibility that Fascism used internment in an asylum as a tool of repression for LGBT people, as an alternative to confinement on an island, prison or home arrests. This research offers evidence that in some cases it did. The book highlights how the dictatorship operated in a low-key, shadowy and undetectable manner, bending pre-existing legislation. Its brutality was - and still is - difficult to prove. It also emphasises the ways in which existing stereotypes on homosexuality were reinforced by the regime propaganda in support of its so-called moralising campaign and how families, the police and the medical professionals joined forces in implementing this form of repression.

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Yes, you can access The Pathologisation of Homosexuality in Fascist Italy by Gabriella Romano in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Springer Open
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9783030009939
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Contents
  3. Abbreviations
  4. List of Figures
  5. Chapter 1: Introduction
  6. Chapter 2: “Dangerous to Themselves and Others, and of Public Scandal”: The Internment Procedure
  7. Chapter 3: “Psychic Degenerate”: Why G. Was Interned
  8. Chapter 4: “He and I”: G’.s Voice
  9. Chapter 5: “I’ll Have you Sent to Confino”: How the Fascist Regime Punished and Repressed Homosexuality
  10. Chapter 6: “House of Sorrow”: The Collegno Asylum in 1928–1931
  11. Chapter 7: “My Untamed, Alone, Naked Will”: Freedom
  12. Chapter 8: Conclusions
  13. Index