Staging memory : myth, symbolism and identity in postcolonial Italy and Libya / Stefania Del Monte

"Memory in postcolonial Italy and Libya has been used, reinterpreted and staged by political powers and the media. This book investigates the roots of myth, colonial amnesia and censorship in postwar Italy, as well as Colonel Gaddafi's deliberate use of rituals, symbols, and the colonial past to shape national identity in Libya...

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Introduction -- Why memory? -- Staging memory -- The Italian context -- The Libyan context -- Methodology -- Chapter 1. Memory in Postcolonial Italy : Myth, amnesia, censorship -- Chapter 2. Memory in Postcolonial Libya : National identity from alienation to self-awareness -- Conclusions -- Staging memory -- Memory representation and constructed reality -- Memory representation in media -- Memory and power -- Concluding remarks -- Limitations of the research