The weight of the printed word : : text, context and militancy in Operaismo / / Steve Wright.
In The Weight of the Printed Word , Steve Wright explores the creation and use of documents as a key dimension in the activities of the Italian workerists during the 1960s and 1970s. From leaflets and newspapers to books, internal documents and workers' enquiries; the operaisti deployed a wide...
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| Superior document: | Historical Materialism Book Series ; Volume 234 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Historical materialism book series ;
Volume 234. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Print, Document Work, and Class Politics
- 1 What Are Militants? Ceto politico and ceto operaio
- 2 Texts Have Bodies Too: Towards a Materialist Approach to Document Work and Genre
- 3 Genre, Document Work and Militancy amongst the Operaisti : Some Preliminary Reflections
- Part 1 The Workers' Enquiry and Co-research
- Introduction to Part 1
- 4 The Fiat Workers' Enquiry of 1960-61: Setting the Scene
- 5 The Fiat Workers' Enquiry of 1960-61: What Actually Happened?
- 6 The Meaning of the Workers' Enquiry and Co-research in the Early 1960s
- Part 2 Essays and Their Contexts
- Introduction to Part 2
- 7 Cultural Production in the Italy of the 'Economic Miracle'
- 8 The Essay and Its Discontents
- 9 The Role of the Review in Classical Workerism
- 10 The Book Trade and Academia
- Part 3 Leaflets and Sundries
- Introduction to Part 3
- 11 The Emergence of the Assemblea operai e studenti
- 12 The Assemblea's Document Work
- 13 A Short Addendum on Pamphlets
- Part 4 Potere Operaio
- Introduction to Part 4
- 14 Debating Organisation in Print: Potop 1969-71
- 15 Other Elements of Potere Operaio's Genre Repertoire
- 16 Two Brief Interludes: 'In Praise of Illegal Work' and 'Sotto la Mole'
- 17 A Gamble That Failed: Potere Operaio del lunedì
- Part 5 Internal Documents and Perspectives Papers
- Introduction to Part 5
- 18 Internal Communication Concerning Potere Operaio's Press and Organisation
- 19 'The Measures Taken'
- 20 Position Papers and Discussion Documents
- Part 6 'Dites-le avec des pavés!' Autonomist Newspapers and the Challenge of Radio
- Introduction to Part 6
- 21 The Best Re(a)d Paper in Autonomia?
- 22 Senza Tregua - A Brief and Unhappy Existence?
- 23 'A Paper That Speaks, a Radio That Writes': I Volsci and the Impact of Radio on the Printed Word
- Part 7 Journals in a Minor Key
- Introduction to Part 7
- 24 'The Firebrands of Porto Marghera'
- 25 'There Is No Housework in Marx'
- Conclusion: Print, Document Work, and Class Politics
- Glossary
- References
- Index.