La « battaglia di Genova » : mythopoïèse, récits de révolte et book bloc
Abstract
In July 2001, Genoa was the scene of violent protests; a multitude of political sensibilities converged in the streets of the Italian city to declare war on the Empire and on capital. Despite a positive, joyful and peaceful start, excessive violence quickly became the undisputed protagonist on 20 and 21 July 2001. It is important to understand how the facts were narrated at the time and, at the same time, to analyse the interest and the reasons for continuing to recount them.In order to highlight the different ways of narrating what was considered an unprecedented situation and to analyse the different militant and creatively committed approaches, this article focuses on the stories of the days of the G8.Following a chronological perspective, the analysis focuses first on the literary/activist narratives that led to the demonstrations and accompanied the Movement. Then, focus is shifted on the narratives that followed the days of struggle. Starting from the writings of Luther Blissett/Wu Ming on the blog of the tute bianche and on “Giap”, moving to direct testimonies, to finally get to more recent stories, such as the Progetto20 show by the Sicilian Alessio di Modica; this analysis highlights the capacity of these writings to create counter-narratives and archaeology of knowledge as well as their ability to influence more recent movements, twenty years after the battle of Genoa.
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