Women and Gender in Post-Unification Italy - Between Private and Public Spheres (Paperback, New edition)

In nineteenth-century Italy, a woman's place was considered to be in the domestic sphere, devoted to family life. But during the Risorgimento and the years following Unification, economic, political and social changes enabled women progressively to engage in pursuits that had previously been the exclusive domain of men. This book traces some of the steps of this shift in cultural perception. Covering the period from the Unification of Italy in 1861 to the First World War, the volume brings together new perspectives on women, culture and gender in ten original interdisciplinary chapters that explore a variety of subjects, including motherhood and spinsterhood, women's relationship with the Italian language, emigration and brigantaggio, patriotism and travel writing, acting and theatre management, film-making, and political ideas and female solidarity.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Italian Modernities, 16
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Katharine Mitchell • Helena Sanson
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-430996-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Children's literature studies Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > Classical, early & medieval Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-430996-1
Barcode:	9783034309967

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