Periferie culturali? Le Societa' e le Deputazioni di storia patria tra resistenze e consenso (1922-1942) in Fascismi periferici: nuove ricerche. L'Annale Irsifar

In Periferie culturali? Le Società e le Deputazioni di storia patria fra resistenze e consenso (1922-1942), published in 2010, she has investigated the capacity of the different cultural peripheries to influence and to have an impact on the decisions of the centre can support the historiographical hypothesis that Fascist attempts at centralisation were strong in their intentions but in reality Fascist intellectuals had also to seek mediation. It is not the ‘historical past’ that predetermines the identities, but it is the choice of the region or the municipalities to identify themselves with a specific interpretation of the past that is decisive. From this point of view an examination of the Deputazioni di storia patria, their activities, public conferences and publications, investigates some specific questions related to these issues and linked to local identity.