{"product_id":"9781032493497","title":"Fascism, Curriculum Studies, and the Work of Memory Italian Landscapes of Disavowal","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudies in Curriculum Theory Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFascism, Curriculum Studies, and the Work of Memory\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eItalian Landscapes of Disavowal\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePaula M. Salvio\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Curricula\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an intersectional investigation into the ways in which the disavowed history of colonial, sexual and racial violence remain embedded in Italian Fascism and contemporary Italian national identity. Writing at the rich juncture of cultural, postcolonial, and psychoanalytic theories, the author draws on visual, textual and performative representations—including open air memorial sites, cinema, testimonial film, and fascist propaganda—to examine the structural disavowal of the myth of the \u003ci\u003ebrava gente\u003c\/i\u003e (the \"good Italian”). This exculpatory postwar transitional narrative casts the Italian people as inherently decent and fundamentally unsuited for the cruelties of fascism. Salvio demonstrates how the \u003ci\u003ebrava gente\u003c\/i\u003e myth continues to inform contemporary Italy’s restrictive citizenship laws, anti-immigration policies, and the political economy of late fascism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book presents six case studies that portray teachers, activists, and artists working to transfigure the disavowed histories structuring the \u003ci\u003ebrava gente\u003c\/i\u003e narrative. Each case argues that curriculum theory calls for studies of transitional justice that are best informed by scholarship, art and activism that disrupt state-sanctioned disavowal and render education 'useless for the purposes of fascism,' thereby radicalizing Walter Benjamin's historic mandate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecommended reading for scholars and students in curriculum theory, Italian studies, history education, migration and museum studies, public pedagogy, transitional justice, and public humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula M. Salvio\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Education and Affiliate Professor of Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies at the University of New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 March 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032493497\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e178\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63534067056780,"sku":"9781032493497","price":210.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032493497","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}