{"product_id":"ransom-kidnapping-in-italy-alessandra-montalbano-9781487546847","title":"Ransom Kidnapping in Italy: Crime, Memory, and Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor over thirty years, modern Italy was plagued by ransom kidnappings perpetrated by bandits and organized crime syndicates. Nearly 700 men, women, and children were abducted from across the country between the late 1960s and the late 1990s, held hostage by members of the Sardinian banditry, Cosa Nostra, and the 'Ndrangheta. Subjected to harsh captivities and psychological abuse, the victims spent months and even years in isolation while law enforcement and the state struggled to find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRansom Kidnapping in Italy\u003c\/em\u003e examines this Italian criminal phenomenon. Alessandra Montalbano argues that abduction is a key vantage point from which to understand modern Italy: it troubled the law, terrified society, ignited juridical and parliamentary debates, and mobilized citizens. Bringing together archival and media materials with the victims' accounts and diverse forms of cultural response, the book examines ransom kidnapping through the lenses of historiography, law, literary criticism, trauma studies, phenomenology, and political philosophy. \u003cem\u003eRansom Kidnapping in Italy\u003c\/em\u003e traces how and at what price Italians became aware of living in a country that was being blackmailed by criminal organizations that arguably jeopardized the nation even more than terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alessandra Montalbano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148754684X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487546847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Alessandra Montalbano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474086904063,"sku":"9781487546847","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f70c3719-5e04-489d-a649-f3e112e0c42e.jpg?v=1762314840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ransom-kidnapping-in-italy-alessandra-montalbano-9781487546847","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}