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.
| Autorius: | Amy King |
| Serija: | Italian and Italian American Studies |
| Leidėjas: | Springer Nature Switzerland |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2024 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 284 |
| ISBN-10: | 3031455495 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783031455490 |
| Formatas: | 216 x 153 x 20 mm. Knyga kietu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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