Lo Sport Fascista

Lo Sport Fascista was a monthly sports magazine which was published in Milan, Italy, during the fascist rule as the official organ of the fascist government. The magazine was in circulation between 1928 and 1943.

Lo Sport Fascista
EditorLando Ferretti
CategoriesSports magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Founder
Founded1928
First issueJune 1928
Final issueJune 1943
CountryKingdom of Italy
Based inMilan
LanguageItalian language

History and profile

Lo Sport Fascista was launched in 1928, and the first issue appeared in June 1928.[1][2] The same year the fascist regime also started other propagandistic sports periodicals, including La Palestra Fascista, Gran Sport and Milizia e Sport.[3]

The founders of Lo Sport Fascista were Augusto Turati and Lando Ferretti who attempted to create a popular sports magazine for sportsmen and sports fans.[4] The latter was also the director of the publication.[5] The magazine was published by SA Poligrafica Degli Operai in Milan on a monthly basis.[1]

Lo Sport Fascista was used by the fascist rule to spread the Roman character of sports as a means of educating the masses.[1] Another mission of Lo Sport Fascista was to show the achievement of fascism in developing a new sporting aesthetic.[6] Therefore, the magazine provided a synthesis of information about sports and propaganda.[4] Vittorio Varale, Leone Boccali and Filippo Muzzi were among the regular contributors.[6] The magazine enjoyed high levels of circulation at the very beginning of the 1930s when Italian athletes won medals in the most prestigious international sports events.[4] Lo Sport Fascista folded in June 1943.[1][4]

References
  1. "Sport Fascist, Lo" (in Italian). Biblioteca Digitale. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. Eleonora Belloni (2014). "The birth of the sport nation: Sports and mass media in Fascist Italy". Aloma. 32 (2). ISSN 1138-3194.
  3. Rosarita Cuccoli (2020). The place for social analysis in the press coverage of sports: a comparison of sports newspapers and general press in Italy's media ecosystem (PhD thesis). University of Rennes 1. p. 268.{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. Enrico Landoni (2020). "Propaganda and Information Serving the Italian Sports Movement: The Case of the Periodical Lo Sport Fascista(1928‒43)". Journal of European Periodical Studies. 5 (1): 45–47. doi:10.21825/jeps.v5i1.15754. S2CID 225796565.
  5. Marco Giani (17 November 2020). "Historical Treasures from Milan. Archivio di Stato. Part 2". Playing Posts. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. Simon David Martin (2003). 'Football and Fascism: Local Identities and National Integration in Mussolini's Italy' (PhD thesis). University College London. pp. 35, 41, 44, 81.
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