Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFor over thirty years, modern Italy was plagued by ransom kidnappings perpetrated by bandits and organised crime syndicates. Nearly 700 men, women, and children were abducted from across the country between the late 1960s and the late 1990s, held hostage by members of the Sardinian banditry, Cosa Nostra, and the 'Ndrangheta. Subjected to harsh captivities and psychological abuse, the victims spent months and even years in isolation while law enforcement and the state struggled to find them. Ransom Kidnapping in Italy examines this Italian criminal phenomenon. Alessandra Montalbano argues that abduction is a key vantage point from which to understand modern Italy: it troubled the law, terrified society, ignited juridical and parliamentary debates, and mobilised citizens. Bringing together archival and media materials with the victims' accounts and diverse forms of cultural response, the book examines ransom kidnapping through the lenses of historiography, law, literary criticism, trauma studies, phenomenology, and political philosophy. Ransom Kidnapping in Italy traces how and at what price Italians became aware of living in a country that was being blackmailed by criminal organisations that arguably jeoparded the nation even more than terrorism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alessandra MontalbanoPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.400kg ISBN: 9781487546847ISBN 10: 148754684 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 05 January 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Italy’s Extraterritorialities: Tracing the History of Ransom Kidnapping 2. The Kidnapping of the Golden Hippy 3. The Day Cristina’s Body Was Found 4. Troubling the Rule of Law 5. Trauma and Language in the Kidnapping Victim Memoir 6. The Anatomy of Captivity Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""This gripping analysis of ransom kidnapping brings to light the astonishing roles played by the mafias, the Italian state, and citizens committed to civil society, and thus performs a remarkable paradigm shift for understanding Italian history, society, and politics from the 1970s through to the 1990s. Essential reading for anyone interested in Italian history and culture, trauma and memory studies, organized crime, and social justice."" - Robin Pickering-Iazzi, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ""Ransom Kidnapping in Italy is a brilliant and necessary study of a dynamic phenomenon that has indelibly shaped and scarred modern Italian society. Alessandra Montalbano reveals the practice of abduction to be more than a political statement or terrorist act; she illuminates how ransom kidnapping served as a business tool for enterprising members of the 'Ndrangheta mafia and how these horrific acts of violence inflicted a sustained, collective trauma on Italians across generations. Long marginalized in studies of organized crime, ransom kidnapping in Italy finally gets the vital study that is due with Montalbano's book."" - Stephanie Malia Hom, Associate Professor of Transnational Italian Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara ""Ransom Kidnapping in Italy offers the first comprehensive study of ransom kidnapping in Italy and draws upon several fascinating case studies to investigate an important but yet overlooked cultural phenomenon that traumatized thousands of people. Montalbano engages with archives, testimonies, films, literature, and theory to make visible to non-Italian readers what was highly visible in the Italian media."" - Dana Renga, Professor of Italian and Dean of Arts and Humanities, The Ohio State University" Author InformationAlessandra Montalbano is an associate professor of Italian at the University of Alabama. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
