With most of my research done already, I focused in on two areas this week. I wanted to research how to cite things such as images and statues in the Chicago style. I also wanted to find another primary source to use in my paper to emphasize how Mussolini used militaristic rhetoric when describing sports.
I found a great guide on how to cite paintings and images in Chicago on a website sponsored by Bates College. Those are the last things missing from my final bibliography, so I will be adding them into my bib in preparation for the final draft due in 2 weeks.
As for the primary source search, it has not gone well. I am looking for a certain speech given by Mussolini on Ascension Day in 1927 in Rome. According to some secondary sources, in this speech, Mussolini acknowledges Italy’s need for physical prowess and personal hygiene. If I cannot find this speech, I’ll just have to use the quotes from secondary sources that I find. I have found some other speeches that seem to be beneficial, however. I have found a 1941 Mussolini speech that speaks ill of the English, where Mussolini uses words like ‘victory’ and shows Mussolini discussing a certain superiority in culture and history over England. I could use this in my paper in relation with the England-Italy soccer rivalry that was occurring at the same time.
The last thing I am searching for is the Doctrine of Fascism, sort of Mussolini’s ‘Mein Kampf.’ Once I find this essay in its entirety, I want to search it to see if it mentions sport at all, with regards to physical health of the nation. I think that more primary sources would make my paper stronger, and would allow me to really drive home the point of how Mussolini made Fascism and sport inseparable in his society.