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AUTOR(ES) N. Carter , Juan David García Bacca
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Australian Catholic University
ANO 2019
TIPO Book
PERIÓDICO Modern Italy
ISSN 1353-2944
E-ISSN 1469-8188
EDITORA Cambridge University Press
DOI 10.1017/mit.2019.12
CITAÇÕES 3
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-14
MD5 15E276C8D76C71356CEBACE510B7DDE2
MD5 fa3ef4207aad936b7ed5a5bf7468b989

Resumo

This article examines the meaning of monuments in Italy and the United States (Chicago) dedicated to the Fascist gerarch Italo Balbo. A hugely popular personality in Fascist Italy, Balbo cemented his reputation in the early 1930s as the commander of mass-formation transatlantic flights to Brazil (1930-1931) and the United States (1933). Chicago's monuments – a road (Balbo Drive) and a column (the 'Balbo monument') – are a legacy of Balbo's triumphant arrival in the city in 1933. Italy's monuments date from the postwar and contemporary periods. The article examines why Balbo Drive and the Balbo monument in Chicago have become more controversial over time, especially in recent decades, and why, despite calls for their removal, both remain. It contrasts the Chicago case with the situation in Italy where, since the 1990s, Balbo has been commemorated in numerous ways.

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