Visions and Revisions

Women in Italian Culture

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

This book analyzes the ways in which women were viewed by men through a variety of literary and other discourses, from the Divine Comedy to the 20th century. A further dimension is provided by tracing the evolution of the cultural and social identity of women as perceived by women themselves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-11-14
Mått:138 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:497 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780854967100

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Mirna Cicioni Senior Lecturer,Department of Italian Studies, La Trobe University Nicole Prunster

Innehållsförteckning

Matelda - poetic image or archetype?, F. Coassin; Francesca revisited, D. Cavuoto; men framing women - Sabadino degli Arienti's "Gynevera de la Clare Donne" re-examined, S.D. Kolsky; female protagonists in late 16th century Italian comedy - more errant than erring, N. Prunster; the women characters of Carlo Emilio Gadda, M. Baker; the failure of the female experiment in Pavese's "La lune e i falo", W. Musolino; the double gaze - visibility of sexual gender in photographic representations (1908-1918), P. di Cori; the role of women in the lullabies of Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, P. Carroli; cosmology of liberation - black and other popular madonnas at Easter, L.C Birnbaum; three generations of women - transformations of female identity models in Italy, F. Bimbi; the women's movement in Italy and the events of 1968, L. Passerini; "fra madre a marito" - the mother/daughter relationship in Dacia Laraini's "lettere a Marina", P. Dagnino; violence against women and the response of Italian institutions, T.L. Bassi.