ABSTRACT In this article the novel Sambadù, amore negro (1934) by Mura (the pseudonym of Maria Volpi Nannipieri) is analysed and studied with reference to the putative violent reactions of Mussolini when he saw the book cover and the subsequent rules made up regarding censorship in fascist Italy. According to Bonsaver (Censorship and Literature in Fascist Italy, Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 2007), the novel marked the beginning of a more rigid censorship because of these reactions, although the love story between a white woman and a black man in the novel actually finishes with separation and the man’s return to Africa. The argument was highly controversial, not only because Italy was preparing for war in Abyssinia but also because of the regime’s racist and sexist attitudes towards interracial love and female authors. Here it is argued that the novel, despite its ending, was controversial in more ways than one, since the female protagonist does not accept a woman’s inferiority in marriage and refuses to give up her child as a consequence of divorce.

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Sambadù，amore negro di Mura。Censura fascista e sfida alla mentale nell'Italia di Mussolini

摘要 在本文中，穆拉（Maria Volpi Nannipieri 的笔名）的小说《桑巴杜，黑人》（Sambadù, amore negro，1934 年）参照墨索里尼在看到书的封面和随后制定的有关审查制度的规则时假定的暴力反应进行了分析和研究在法西斯意大利。根据 Bonsaver（法西斯意大利的审查和文学，多伦多，布法罗，伦敦：多伦多大学出版社，2007 年），由于这些反应，这部小说标志着更严格审查制度的开始，尽管一个白人妇女和一个白人妇女之间的爱情故事小说中的黑人实际上以分离和返回非洲而告终。这一论点极具争议性，不仅因为意大利正在为阿比西尼亚的战争做准备，还因为该政权对跨种族爱情和女性作家的种族主义和性别歧视态度。