Assassinations and murder in modern Italy [electronic resource] : transformations in society and culture / edited by Stephen Gundle and Lucia Rinaldi.
Contemporary Italian history has been marked by an extraordinary series of murders and political assassinations. The shooting of King Umberto in 1900 by an anarchist, the various attempts on the life of Mussolini, the killing of former prime minister Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades in 1978, and the sh...
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New York, N.Y. ; Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Fascism and anti-Fascism. Revisiting an assassination : the death of Carlo Rosselli / Stanislao G. Pugliese ; Fascists and fetishes : Clara Petacci and the masochistic scene / Elizabeth Leake ; What does it matter if you die? The seven Cervi brothers / Philip Cooke
- pt. II. State killings. Rosi's Il caso mattei : making the case for conspiracy / Mary P. Wood ; The death of Giuseppe Pinelli : truth, representation, memory / John Foot ; The Genoa G8 and the death of Carlo Giuliani
- pt. III. The Moro affair. The Moro affair : interpretations and consequences / Tobias Abse ; From history to mystery : the parliamentary inquiries into the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, 1979-2001 / David Moss
- pt. IV. Mafia murders. The murder of Emanuele Notarbartolo and the origins of the mystique of the Mafia / Salvatore Coluccello ; Mafia and antimafia : Sciascia and Borsellino in Vincenzo Consolo's Lo spasimo di Palermo / Daragh O'Connell
- pt. V. True crime. Chi l'ha vista? Reflections on the Montesi case / Karen Pinkus ; Pasolini's murder : interpretation, event narratives, and postmodern Impegno / Roberto S.C. Gordon ; Making a killing : the 'monster of Florence' and the trial(s) of Pietro Pacciani / Ellen Nerenberg ; Fashion victims : the Gucci and Versace murders / Stephen Gundle, Lucia Rinaldi ; Between true crime and fiction : the world of Carlo Lucarelli / Giuliana Pieri
- pt. VI. The legacy of anarchism. The anarchist assassin and Italian history, 1870s to 1930s / Carl Levy ; Failed assassins and anti-heroes in Lina Wertmüller's Amore e anarchia / Dana Renga.