The mother-daughter relationship is a popular theme in
contemporary Italian writing but has never before been analysed in
a comprehensive book-length study. In Corporeal Bonds, Patrizia
Sambuco analyses novels by authors such as Elsa Morante, Francesca
Sanvitale, Mariateresa Di Lascia, and Elena Ferrante, each of which
is narrated from the daughter's point of view and depicts the
daughter's bond with the mother.
Highlighting the recurrent images throughout these works,
Sambuco traces these back to alternative forms of communication
between mother and daughter, as well as to the female body. Sambuco
also explores the attempts of the daughter-narrators to define a
female self that is outside the constrictions of patriarchal
society. Through these investigations, Corporeal Bonds identifies a
strong connection between the ideas of post-Lacanian critical
theorists, Italian feminist thinkers, and the stories within the
novels.
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