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The afterlife of a fascist murder : Giacomo Matteotti in myth and memory, 1924-2024 / Amy King
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, Amy (Of University of Bristol), author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the history and politics of fascism
- Cambridge elements. Elements in the history and politics of fascism, 2977-0416
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Matteotti, Giacomo, 1885-1924--Assassination--Anniversaries, etc.
- Matteotti, Giacomo.
- Anti-fascist movements--Italy--History.
- Anti-fascist movements.
- Fascism--Italy--History.
- Fascism.
- Memorialization--Italy.
- Memorialization.
- Matteotti, Giacomo, 1885-1924.
- Assassination.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "The year 2024 marked a century since socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti's assassination. Widely commemorated in Italy, he's often remembered within a national narrative of antifascist resistance. But how was this narrative built and how has the far right responded? This Element traces the construction and mobilisation of Matteotti's memory over the last century, analysing the role of grief in the early antifascist movement, and identifying the role memory played in bringing together Allies, partisans and political parties during the construction of the democratic Republic. Based on primary sources from international archives, it also adds a transnational lens to the study of a figure so often thought of in national terms. The Element closes by examining how far-right parties whose lineage traces back to Mussolini's regime have engaged with the afterlife of a man whose murder is an evergreen reminder of the centrality of violence to Fascism in its earliest days"-- Cambridge Core
- Contents:
- Making a martyr
- Networks of compassion and the international antifascist movement
- Narratives of national suffering
- Negotiating reminders of fascist violence
- Reflections
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 21, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: King, Amy (Of University of Bristol) Afterlife of a fascist murder
- ISBN:
- 9781009615174
- 1009615173
- 9781009615204
- 1009615203
- OCLC:
- 1596764910
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000406772
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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