A. Hajek

Negotiating Memories of Protest in Western Europe

The Case of Italy

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-26377-3
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781137263773
• ISBN-10: 1137263776
• Artikelnr.: 38082882

Autorenporträt

Andrea Hajek obtained her doctorate degree from the University of Warwick, UK. She is a founding member of the Warwick Oral History Network. She has edited a special issue on 1968 and oral history, and frequently publishes in peer-reviewed journals and on blogs.

Inhaltsangabe

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