ABSTRACT
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?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 4|14 pages
Through the Lens of Trauma
The Figure of the Female Terrorist in Il prigioniero and Buongiorno, notte
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chapter 8|12 pages
The Rule of Which Law?
The Use of Legal Language in the Rhetoric of the anni di piombo
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chapter 9|11 pages
A (Conceptual) History of Violence
The Case of the Italian Extreme Left in the 1970s
chapter 10|14 pages
Narrative Models of Political Violence
Vicarious Experience and 'Violentization' in 1970s Italy
chapter 13|17 pages
Political Violence, stragismo and 'Civil War'
An Analysis of the Self-Narratives of Three Neofascist Protagonists*
chapter 14|21 pages
Self-Narratives of the anni di piombo
Testimonies of the Political Exiles in France
