Internal exile in Fascist Italy : history and representations of confino / Piero Garofalo, Elizabeth Leake and Dana Renga.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed August 2, 2019).

This book is an accessible history of internal exile's origins and practices under Fascism and of its representation in film, literature and memoir.

"This study offers a clear, concise introduction to the Fascist-era practice, know as confino, of exiling antifascist dissidents to parts of Italy far from the dissidents' homes, often on islands or in tiny inland villages. The book is organised in two sections. Part one provides a case study of the political colony on the island of Lipari and a historical overview of internal exile. Part two focuses on representations of confinement in literature and film. It examines the varieties of self-expression (e.g. memoirs, letters and literature) used by prisoners to describe their experiences, investigates how filmmakers interpret these events, places and people, and explores how film portrays the repression of homosexuality. A timely examination of the birthplace of European federalism, the book also contributes to our understanding of the legacy of confinement from both national and European perspectives."--Provided by publisher

Introduction -- Part I: Context and history of internal exile -- 1. The Lipari Colony: <i>paradiso</i>/<i>inferno</i> -- 2. <i>Confino </i>in historical perspective -- Part II: Representations of internal exile in literature and film -- 3. Writing internal exile -- 4. Screening internal exile -- 5. Queering internal exile on Italian screens -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index.

In English.

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