The Politics of Sacrifice : Remembering Italy's Rogo di Primavalle Hardback
by Amy King
Part of the Italian and Italian American Studies series
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This book offers an original and comprehensive study of the memory of the Rogo di Primavalle, a fatal arson attack on the home of a far-right family on 16 April 1973.
Perpetrated by members of the militant left group Potere Operaio, this was the first attack on a domestic space during Italy’s Years of Lead.
Through analysis of media coverage, books, and social media; observation of commemoration ceremonies; visits to sites of memory; and oral history interviews conducted by the author, The Politics of Sacrifice argues that memory of the Rogo di Primavalle has been instrumentalised by neo-fascist groups over the past 50 years.
Drawing on contemporary theoretical debates relating to public and private memories, King connects the construction of a narrative of sacrifice to challenges faced by the institutional far right from the time of the Movimento Sociale Italiano in the 1970s, Alleanza Nazionale in the mid-1990s, and Fratelli d’Italia today.
With the far right on the rise in Italy and abroad, the book identifies the characteristics of remembering that define far-right memory culture and investigates the role of memory in building support for the far right over time.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:255 pages, 15 Illustrations, black and white; XXVIII, 255 p. 15 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:14/02/2024
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- ISBN:9783031455490
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:255 pages, 15 Illustrations, black and white; XXVIII, 255 p. 15 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:14/02/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9783031455490