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Politics of the Visible
Robin . Ed(S): Pickering-Iazzi
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Paperback. Editor(s): Pickering-Iazzi, Robin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
In fascist Italy between the wars, a woman was an exemplary wife and mother or else. The "or else", mostly forgotten or overlooked in accounts of feminity under fascism, is the focus of this study. Reading works by women of the period, the author shows how they refuted stereotypes that were conferred on them by the fascist regime and continue to be accepted and perpetuated into our day. The writers considered comprise both the popular and the critically acclaimed, including Grazia Deledda (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926), Ada Negri, Sibilla Aleramo, Alba De Cespedes, Paolo Drigo, ... Read more
In fascist Italy between the wars, a woman was an exemplary wife and mother or else. The "or else", mostly forgotten or overlooked in accounts of feminity under fascism, is the focus of this study. Reading works by women of the period, the author shows how they refuted stereotypes that were conferred on them by the fascist regime and continue to be accepted and perpetuated into our day. The writers considered comprise both the popular and the critically acclaimed, including Grazia Deledda (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926), Ada Negri, Sibilla Aleramo, Alba De Cespedes, Paolo Drigo, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816629237
SKU
V9780816629237
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