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The interaction of methodology with an impegno del dopo in Nuto Revelli's collections of oral testimonies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2016

Fiona M. Stewart
Fiona M. Stewart*
Affiliation:
Division of French & Italian, MCLLC, University of Kentucky
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∗Email: fionamstewart@gmail.com
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Abstract

Among his varied publications, Nuto Revelli (1919–2004) produced three collections of oral testimonies gathered from the contadini (peasants) of Piedmont: La strada del davai, Il mondo dei vinti and L’anello forte. This article argues that these collections were the product of the same specific impegno del dopo (‘obligation of afterwards’) as his initial autobiographical writings, which had arisen from his experiences as an officer on the Russian Front during the Second World War. From this premise, the article then examines the interaction of Revelli's sense of impegno del dopo with the methodology he developed. The article concludes with an assessment of Revelli's stated aims and his actual achievements.

Keywords

impegnocommitmenttestimonyWWIIRussian frontResistancerural Piedmontoral historyneorealismmemory
Type
Research Article
Information
Modern Italy , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 51 - 68
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Copyright © Association for the study of Modern Italy 

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