Negotiating Memories of Protest in Western Europe: the Case of Italy

Hajek, A. (2013) Negotiating Memories of Protest in Western Europe: the Case of Italy. Series: Palgrave Macmillan memory studies. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137263773

Abstract

Negotiating Memories of Protest in Western Europe explores the transmission of memories of European protest movements in the late 1960s and 1970s. Focusing on the specific case of Italy, the book examines the ways in which different memory agents negotiate memories of violence against left-wing activists, perpetrated by representatives of the state. It does so through a discussion of commemorative rituals, memory sites and other forms of 'memory work' performed by various social groups within the local setting of Bologna, where a left-wing student and protester was shot dead by police in 1977. By drawing on this fascinating case study, Andrea Hajek lays bare the dynamic relation between official and unofficial memories of conflict and explores the challenges of historical research into social movements.

• Item Type: Books
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hajek, Dr Andrea
• Authors: Hajek, A.
• Subjects: D History General and Old World > DG Italy
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Italian
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• ISBN: 9781137263773