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Writing and Performing Female Identity in Italian Culture
. Ed(S): Picchietti, Virginia; Salsini, Laura A.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Picchietti, Virginia; Salsini, Laura A. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 278 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; APFA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 508.
This volume investigates the ways in which Italian women writers, filmmakers, and performers have represented female identity across genres from the immediate post-World War II period to the turn of the twenty-first century. Considering genres such as prose, poetry, drama, and film, these essays examine the vision of female agency and self-actualization arising from women artists’ critique of female identity. This dual approach reveals unique interpretations of womanhood in Italy spanning more than fifty years, while also providing a deep investigation of the manipulation of canvases historically centered on the male subject. With its unique coupling of generic and thematic ... Read more
This volume investigates the ways in which Italian women writers, filmmakers, and performers have represented female identity across genres from the immediate post-World War II period to the turn of the twenty-first century. Considering genres such as prose, poetry, drama, and film, these essays examine the vision of female agency and self-actualization arising from women artists’ critique of female identity. This dual approach reveals unique interpretations of womanhood in Italy spanning more than fifty years, while also providing a deep investigation of the manipulation of canvases historically centered on the male subject. With its unique coupling of generic and thematic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Series
Italian and Italian American Studies
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319408347
SKU
V9783319408347
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About . Ed(S): Picchietti, Virginia; Salsini, Laura A.
Virginia Picchietti, Professor of Italian at the University of Scranton, USA, writes on twentieth- century Italian women authors and on Italian Jewish Literature and Film. Laura A. Salsini, Professor of Italian at the University of Delaware, USA, writes on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italian women authors.
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