Description:
Through the analytical lens of hunting, this book examines the efforts of Latina's inhabitants to see their city as a meaningful social space, as they navigate the city's multiple histories and the absent presence of the contested past.
Brief description:
Elena Miltiadis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Roskilde University, where she holds a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship. She is a social anthropologist, whose work draws on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork and explores themes of place-making, the legacies of contested pasts, temporality and youth participation in politics, with a focus on Italy and Chile.
Review Quotes:
"Excellent writing and captivating in style ... this is a theoretically scrupulous and methodologically dedicated piece of research that delves into the nuances of conceptualizing local identity." - Marco-Benoît Carbone, Brunel University London
"This is a well-written book which deals with a little known but quite intriguing history of the Italian town of Latina. It is both a classic European ethnography in the mould of the greats of bygone years (such as John Davis) and a contemporary, even future-oriented take on temporality, absence and existentialism." - Daniel M. Knight, University of St. Andrews