Imagining Terrorism: The Rhetoric and Representation of Political Violence in Italy 1969-2009

Imagining Terrorism: The Rhetoric and Representation of Political Violence in Italy 1969-2009
ISBN-10
1351563173
ISBN-13
9781351563178
Category
Foreign Language Study
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2017-07-05
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Pierpaolo Antonello

Description

No other European country experienced the disruption of political and everyday life suffered by Italy in the so-called 'years of lead' (1969-c.1983), when there were more than 12,000 incidents of terrorist violence. This experience affected all aspects of Italian cultural life, shaping political, judicial and everyday language as well as artistic representation of every kind. In this innovative and broad-ranging study, experts from the fields of philosophy, history, media, law, cinema, theatre and literary studies trace how the experience and legacies of terrorism have determined the form and content of Italian cultural production and shaped the country's way of thinking about such events?

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