Negotiating memories of protest in western Europe The case of Italy /

Negotiating Memories of Protest in Western Europe explores the transmission of memories of 1970s protest movements in Italy, Germany, France and Great Britain. Focusing on Italy, it analyzes commemorative rituals, memory sites and other forms of 'memory work' performed by social groups in...

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Main Authors: Hajek, Andrea.
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Palgrave Macmillan memory studies
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137263780
Summary: Negotiating Memories of Protest in Western Europe explores the transmission of memories of 1970s protest movements in Italy, Germany, France and Great Britain. Focusing on Italy, it analyzes commemorative rituals, memory sites and other forms of 'memory work' performed by social groups in a city where a protester was killed by police in 1977.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137263773, 2013.
Carrier Form: 232 p. : 9 figures.
ISBN: 9781137263773
9781137263780 :
1137263784 :
CLC: D751.65
Contents: List of Illustrations List of Acronyms Acknowledgements Introduction: Negotiating Memories of Protest 1. 'Years of lead'? Political Violence in Perspective 2. 'Wonderful years'? Myth, Nostalgia and Possessive Memory 3. The Trauma of 1977 4. Mourning and Moral Duty. The Affective Labour of Victims' Families 5. Political Uses of the Past. The Official Memory of 1977 6. Rebuilding Group Identities to the Far Left 7. Memory Sites: the Negotiation of Protest in the Urban Space Conclusion: Blocked in Private Spaces Notes Bibliography.