I'm pleased to announce the publication of my essay, "'Propaganda for Our Italy': Ruth Williams Ricci, Gendered Mobility, and Fascist Italy's African Empire, 1935-1941," in Gendering Fascism: Individual Actors, Concepts, and Transnational Connections (Brill, 2025). URL: brill.com/display/book... - ThreadSky

brianjgriffith.bsky.social • 47 days ago

I'm pleased to announce the publication of my essay, "'Propaganda for Our Italy': Ruth Williams Ricci, Gendered Mobility, and Fascist Italy's African Empire, 1935-1941," in Gendering Fascism: Individual Actors, Concepts, and Transnational Connections (Brill, 2025).

URL:
https://brill.com/display/book/9789004703766/BP000023.xml

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christiantagsold.bsky.social•5 days ago

Ah very nice! Saw the cover in the corridors of our department last week.

brianjgriffith.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nice! Thanks for telling me. It's a great volume to be included in. And Andrea/Jasmin did a wonderful job as editors.

brianjgriffith.bsky.social•46 days ago

Dear all, here is a PDF copy of my chapter: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ogaiy1uxc8itdvc70js5y/Griffith-Propaganda-for-Our-Italy.pdf?rlkey=nx9pu46p0xase3ihxgogzhnua&st=hsf1zs7y&dl=0

drcweissenberg.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thanks so much for the link to your work on this.

Looking forward to reading it.

brianjgriffith.bsky.social•47 days ago

See below for more details, including the chapter abstract and a few photographs of Ruth Williams Ricci.

brianjgriffith.bsky.social•47 days ago

ABSTRACT:
"In October 1935, Fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia. Faced with economic sanctions by the League of Nations and growing anti-fascist sentiments, Mussolini’s regime sought overseas collaborators for a propaganda campaign.

brianjgriffith.bsky.social•47 days ago

While many studies highlight men’s roles in these campaigns, little scholarship has focused on the contributions of women—especially non-Italian women—in Fascist Italy’s international propaganda efforts during the Ethiopian Crisis.

brianjgriffith.bsky.social•47 days ago

This chapter examines the writings, public speeches, and physical mobilities of pro-fascist American collaborator Ruth Williams Ricci (1894–1977). From 1935 to 1941, Ricci repeatedly traveled between New York, Rome, and Italy’s African colonies, advocating for fascism and Italian imperialism.

brianjgriffith.bsky.social•47 days ago

Ricci’s work as an English-language propagandist for Mussolini reveals the regime’s willingness to undermine its own gender hierarchy policies in order to spread sympathy for fascism and its imperial ambitions beyond Italy’s borders."

brianjgriffith.bsky.social•47 days ago

Here are some photographs of Ricci.

johannamellis.bsky.social•5 days ago

Congrats!!

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