The meaning of monuments : Remembering Italo Balbo in Italy and the United States

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Carter, Nick. (2019). The meaning of monuments : Remembering Italo Balbo in Italy and the United States. Modern Italy. 24(2), pp. 219-235. https://doi.org/10.1017/mit.2019.12

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Authors	Carter, Nick
Abstract	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 (1930-1) 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 to 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 forms.
Keywords	Italo Balbo; Chicago; monuments; Fascism; memory; critical toponymy
Year	2019
Journal	Modern Italy
Journal citation	24 (2), pp. 219-235
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
ISSN	1469-9877
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1017/mit.2019.12
Scopus EID	2-s2.0-85065180170
Open access	Published as green open access
Page range	219-235
Author's accepted manuscript	AM_Carter_2019_The_meaning_of_monuments_remembering_Italo.pdf License CC BY-NC 4.0 File Access Level Open
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Online	May 2019
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ARC Funded Research	This output has not been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001

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