Alessandra Montalbano

Ransom Kidnapping in Italy

Crime, Memory, and Violence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the media, cultural, and testimonial narratives of ransom kidnapping in Italy, a phenomenon linked to banditry and organized crime that terrorized the country for decades.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781487546830
• ISBN-10: 1487546831
• Artikelnr.: 69229041

Autorenporträt

Alessandra Montalbano is an associate professor of Italian at the University of Alabama.

Inhaltsangabe

List 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
Index