Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary Italy (eBook, PDF)

Cultural Production and Political Uses
Redaktion: Navarini, Gianmarco

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the role played by conspiracy narratives in the contemporary Italian political, cultural, and social context, through a series of case studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040262092
• Artikelnr.: 72269304

Autorenporträt

Gianmarco Navarini is Full Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. He has published widely on political rituals, liminality, social exclusion, sports practices, and wine culture. He is on the board of the journal Ethnography and Qualitative Research. He directed ELCAS (Ethnography of Language: between Conspiracy, Associations and Subcultures), which combines ethnography with discourse analysis.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. "We know, and we have the evidence": Dietrologia - An
Italian turn in conspiracy theory 2. Boycotts, mockery, and leaders under
attack: On the uses of "conspiracy" in political and journalistic discourse
3. Surveying the "Irrational": An analysis of the debate on the outcomes of
the Censis 2021 questionnaire 4. "Now and always against the dominant
narrative": Alternative news reporting, conspiracy ideation, and epistemic
justifications on "The Citizens' Television" 5. "At risk of extinction":
Immigration, national identity, and global class conflict according to
"Population Replacement Conspiracy Theory" in contemporary Italy 6. Satan's
ways are endless: Catholic restorationists between Peter's usurper syndrome
and QAnon 7. Football conspiracies: the Prisma investigation and fans'
online discourse 8. "Watch your back when dealing with them"! Conspiracy
tales among small entrepreneurs in Northern Italy 9. Disgusting
conspiracies. Frame analysis of insect invasion fears in the Italian
gastronomic field