Captivity and Creativity : The Cultural and Material Production of Italian Prisoners in Allied Hands (1940-1947) / Giorgia Alù, Elena Bellina, Catherine Dewhirst, Erika Lorenzon, Flavia Marcello, Bob Moore, Alan Perry, Laura Ruberto, Donato Somma, Daniel Travers, Anthony White, Giorgia Alù, Elena Bellina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alù, Giorgia.

Series:

World War II: the Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A groundbreaking volume that represents the first examination of cultural production amongst Italian prisoners of war Captivity and Creativity explores the artistic and material production by Italian prisoners of war (POWs) and some civilian internees who were captured by the Western Allies in 1940-43 and detained in prison camps scattered across.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: Capturing Creativity in Time of War: Giorgia Alú and Elena Bellina

1. Explaining the "Enforced Diaspora" of Italian Service Personnel in Western Captivity during the Second World War: Bob Moore

Creativity at Work

2. Sacred Italian World War II POW Sites: Trench Art in Texas and Pennsylvania: Alan R. Perry

3. Italian Prisoners of War in Australia: Carceral Aesthetics at the Cowra POW Camp (1941-46): Anthony White and Flavia Marcello

4. Fascism, Art, and Aloha: The Legacies of Italian Prisoners of War in Hawai'i: Laura E. Ruberto

Capturing Time and Space

5. Italian Prisoners of War in East Africa: Music Making in British Camps in Kenya: Elena Bellina

6. Freeing Senses at the Foot of the Himalayas: Italian POWs in India: Giorgia Alú

7. Captured: Captivity and Co-creation in Photographs of Creative Works in Italian Camps: Giorgia Alú

Creating Identities in Confinement

8. The Return of the Prisoners: Writing Not to Die Altogether: Erika Lorenzon

9. Voicing Objection: Vittoria Causa, Writing, Assertive Power, and Internment as a Force of Creativity, 1940-45: Catherine Dewhirst

Creative Memory, Legacy, and Community

10. Pictures, Poison, and the Prisoner: The Story of Lou and Trento and the Layering of Memory: Donato Somma

11. Collective Creativity: Commemorating War Detainees at the Intersection of Community Ritual and Cultural Heritage: Flavia Marcello

12. Italian Identity in the British Isles: Chiocchetti's Chapel and the Landscape of World War II Remembrance in Orkney: Daniel Travers

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Alù, Giorgia Captivity and Creativity

ISBN:

9781531513627

OCLC:

1593998011