@article{52214, 
year={2014},
issn={1972-5493},
journal={PASSATO E PRESENTE},
number={93},
volume={XXXII},
doi={10.3280/PASS2014-093001},
title={Sudismo: guerre di crani e trappole identitarie},
abstract={Many Western museums have  had to deal with the question of the return of human remains contained in their  collections, but in Italy this problem is characterized by distinctive features because  of the anti-Risorgimento revisionism. An opinion movement, based on a distorted  representation of the Lombroso Museum, led by politicians and journalists eager to label the Museum as racist and to get rid of its collections, is gaining ground across  the Web. This article reconstructs the court case and media coverage regarding the  skull of Giuseppe Villella, displayed in the Lombroso Museum, as well as the positions  of the main protagonists of the controversy and the risks that the historical  revisionism on the Risorgimento interpreted as colonial conquest poses to Italian  cultural heritage and the formation of public opinion.  Key words: Anti-Risorgimento revisionism, Museums, Human remains, Cesare  Lombroso}
url={http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=52214},
author={Silvano Montaldo}
pages={5-18},
language={IT}}