Murder and Media in the New Rome: The Fadda Affair

by Thomas Simpson

Book Overview

An insightful look into the origins of modern Italian media culture by examining a sensational crime and trial that took place in Rome in the late 1870s, when a bloody murder triggered a national spectacle that became the first great media circus in the new nation of Italy, crucially shaping the young state's public sphere and image of itself.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230108369
• ISBN13: 9780230108363
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"