{"product_id":"9783031455490","title":"The Politics of Sacrifice : Remembering Italy's Rogo di Primavalle by Amy King","description":"This book offers an original and comprehensive study of the memory of the?Rogo di Primavalle, a fatal arson attack on the home of a far-right family on?16 April 1973. Perpetrated by members of the militant left group Potere?Operaio, this was the first attack on a domestic space during Italy's Years of?Lead. Through analysis of media coverage, books,?and social media;?observation of commemoration ceremonies;?visits to sites of memory;?and?oral history interviews conducted by the author,?The Politics of Sacrifice?argues that memory of the Rogo di Primavalle has been instrumentalised by neo-fascist groups over the past 50 years. Drawing on contemporary theoretical debates relating to public and private memories, King connects the construction of a narrative of sacrifice to challenges faced by the institutional far right from the time of the Movimento Sociale Italiano in the 1970s, Alleanza Nazionale in the mid-1990s, and Fratelli d'Italia today. With the far right on the rise in Italy and abroad, the book identifies the characteristics of remembering that define far-right memory culture and investigates the role of memory in building support for the far right over time.   Winner of the 2024 Book Prize - First Book (Ex-Aequo) awarded by The American Association for Italian Studies for its outstanding contribution to Italian Studies.   ?\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310050193781,"sku":"9783031455490","price":109.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783031455490.jpg?v=1762814376","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9783031455490","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}