Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.21857/90836cwnzy
Tired of Life: Suicides in the Province of Istria during Italian Administration between the Two World Wars
Milan Radošević
orcid.org/0000-0002-8507-9314
; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti - Zavod za povijesne i društvene znanosti u Rijeci, Područna jedinica u Puli, Pula, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The paper presents and analyses – on the basis of printed sources, archival material
(State Archives in Pazin) and newspapers (Hrvatski list, L’Azione, Pučki prijatelj,
Istarska riječ) – statistical data concerning suicide cases in the Province of Istria registered
in the period between 1924 (beginning of official record keeping) and 1940. The
data have been compared with the average in the Kingdom of Italy, and the neighbouring
provinces of Trieste and Rijeka; which – together with Istria (and Gorizia) – formed
the Venezia Giulia region, where the highest suicide rates – at state level – were recorded
for the entire interwar period. Many articles, in particular the ones published in the
newspaper L’Azione, which frequently and in detail informed about individual suicide
cases, as well as police reports, have facilitated judgement forming in the domain
of historical sciences regarding the most-represented age, sex and social groups of the
Istrians who ended their own lives, as well as concerning their motives and the means
used. Towards the end of the 1920s, the fascist discourse present in the media changed,
so that the term suicide became a subject of censure as an unwanted element directly
opposed to Duce’s vision of demography-related policy and the greatness of Italian nation
and Italian spirit.
Ključne riječi
suicide; Province of Istria; Venezia Giulia region; fascism; demography; censure
Hrčak ID:
198996
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Datum izdavanja:
17.4.2018.
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