Oppressed nationalities
- Author(s)
- Elena Bacchin
- Abstract
This article analyses the activities organised in Italy to support the Polish Uprising of 1863 and the speeches and narratives used to present this foreign question to the Italian public. This international event brought to the forefront the same issues that had been raised by Italian nationalism, and also when discussing foreign national movements, Italy reflected both on her own identity and past history. In particular, the democratic ideals of the Risorgimento found their fulfilment in supporting the Polish rebels. The article, using archival sources, tries to build a transnational approach to Italian nationalism with a particular focus on how both Italian patriots and public opinion perceived and acted towards other ‘oppressed nationalities’ while also struggling to complete its own unification. Supporting a foreign cause was not only an expression of solidarity, but it also strengthened national sentiment and provoked a reflection on Italian national pride and identity.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of History
- Journal
- Nations and Nationalism
- Volume
- 23
- Pages
- 151-172
- No. of pages
- 22
- ISSN
- 1354-5078
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12266
- Publication date
- 01-2017
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 601005 European history
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Political Science and International Relations
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/8afa2aad-0d1d-45d3-8b16-4a86fd94a0b6