After Mussolini : Jewish life and Jewish memories in post-Fascist Italy / Guri Schwarz ; translated from Italian by Giovanni Noor Mazhar.
Illustrates how the narrative of Italian freedom from anti-Semitism was deliberately promoted by the Italian foreign ministry to obtain an non-punitive peace treaty, despite a deeply rooted anti-Semitic culture and legislation. Also shows how Jewish memory influenced national self-representation and...
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| Main Authors: | Schwarz, Guri (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Mazhar, Noor Giovanni (Author) |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | London ; Chicago : Vallentine Mitchell, 2021. |
| Subjects: |
| Table of Contents |
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| The reorganization of Jewish life |
| Echoes of the catastrophe |
| A 'new' leadership |
| A Zionist awakening |
| Youth movements |
| -- Italian citizenship and Jewish identities |
| -- 2. Paths of memory |
| Memory lapses |
| Public uses of the recent past |
| Memory politics during the Cold War |
| The union of Italian-Jewish communities and the historiography on Fascist anti-Semitism |
| For a critique of Italian-Jewish self-representation |
| Conclusion |
