The Spectral Within: Fascism, New Towns and their Contemporary Lives

Latina was founded in 1932 by the Fascist Regime and is often described by its inhabitants through its absences, as a place where there is ‘nothing’. The book examines the role of absence in place-making and delves into the lived experience of Latina. Through the analytical lens of haunting, this work explores its inhabitants’ efforts to see their city as a meaningful social space, as they navigate its multiple histories and the absent presence of the contested past.

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The Spectral Within: Fascism, New Towns and their Contemporary Lives

Latina was founded in 1932 by the Fascist Regime and is often described by its inhabitants through its absences, as a place where there is ‘nothing’. The book examines the role of absence in place-making and delves into the lived experience of Latina. Through the analytical lens of haunting, this work explores its inhabitants’ efforts to see their city as a meaningful social space, as they navigate its multiple histories and the absent presence of the contested past.

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The Spectral Within: Fascism, New Towns and their Contemporary Lives

The Spectral Within: Fascism, New Towns and their Contemporary Lives

by Elena Miltiadis
The Spectral Within: Fascism, New Towns and their Contemporary Lives

The Spectral Within: Fascism, New Towns and their Contemporary Lives

by Elena Miltiadis

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Overview

Latina was founded in 1932 by the Fascist Regime and is often described by its inhabitants through its absences, as a place where there is ‘nothing’. The book examines the role of absence in place-making and delves into the lived experience of Latina. Through the analytical lens of haunting, this work explores its inhabitants’ efforts to see their city as a meaningful social space, as they navigate its multiple histories and the absent presence of the contested past.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781836951742
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication date: 10/01/2025
Series: New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations , #12
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 268
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Elena Miltiadis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Roskilde University, where she holds a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship. She is a social anthropologist, whose work draws on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork and explores themes of place-making, the legacies of contested pasts, temporality and youth participation in politics, with a focus on Italy and Chile.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Invisible City

Chapter 1. The City and Its Spectrality
Chapter 2. The Making of Latina: aA Radical History
Chapter 3. The City and the Nation
Chapter 4. The ‘New Towns’
Chapter 5. The Absent Presence of the Fascist Past
Chapter 6. The City Aas Lived

Conclusion: Latina’s Spectral Within

References
Index

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