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13 of the Best Books and Articles on: Women in Italy

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1.

Women on the Italian Literary Scene: A Panorama » Read Now
by Alba Della Fazia Amoia. 151 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library
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20th-Century Italian Women Writers: The Feminine Experience » Read Now
by Alba Amoia. 194 pgs.

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Female Journeys: Autobiographical Expressions by French and Italian Women » Read Now
by Claire Marrone. 190 pgs.

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In this study of 19th- and 20th-century French and Italian women's autobiography, the author illustrates how the protagonists' development unfolds through separation from oppressive social and familial structures. Reading the selected life stories as bildungsromane and drawing on an array of both...
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In this study of 19th- and 20th-century French and Italian women's autobiography, the author illustrates how the protagonists' development unfolds through separation from oppressive social and familial structures. Reading the selected life stories as bildungsromane and drawing on an array of both canonical and noncanonical texts in the various autobiographical subgenres, Marrone concludes that the heroines' movements away from oppressive structures are not limited to particular historical periods but are motivated by historical and cultural circumstances. She thoughtfully traces the reasons why a 19th-century protagonist might leave her country, a turn-of-the-century heroine might flee her family, and a modern female character might separate from her mother, carefully examining their motivations and their goals. In telling their stories, she concludes, women writers continually challenge existing autobiographical conventions. Marrone finds that postmodern texts prove that the journey toward selfhood may be an ongoing one, one that unfolds through the creation of multiple life stories.
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Women and Socialism, Socialism and Women: Europe between the Two World Wars (Chap. 10 "Women and the Left in the Shadow Of Fascism in Interwar Italy") » Read Now
by Helmut Gruber, Pamela Graves. 592 pgs.

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A pioneering attempt to place the role of women within history during the inter-war years when both women's and socialist movements became prominent, this comparative study includes 11 west European countries.
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Women's History in Italy: Cultural Itineraries and New Proposals in Current Historiographical Trends, in Journal of Women's History » Read Now
by Silvia Mantini, James Schwarten. 29 pgs.

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Peasant Women and Politics in Fascist Italy: The Massaie Rurali Section of the PNF » Read Now
by Perry Willson. 221 pgs.

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Peasant women were the largest female occupational group in Italy between the wars. They led lives characterised by great poverty and heavy workloads, but Fascist propaganda extolled them as the mothers of the nation and the guardians of the rural worlds, the most praiseworthy of Italian women.This...
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Peasant women were the largest female occupational group in Italy between the wars. They led lives characterised by great poverty and heavy workloads, but Fascist propaganda extolled them as the mothers of the nation and the guardians of the rural worlds, the most praiseworthy of Italian women.This study is the first published history of the Massaie Rurali , the Fascist Party's section for peasant women, which, with three million members by 1943, became one of the largest of the regime's mass mobilizing organizations. The section played a key role in such core fascist campaigns as nation-building and ruralization. Perry Willson draws on a wide range of archival and contemporary press sources to investigate the nature of the Massaie Rurali and the dynamics of class and gender that lay at its heart. She explores the organization's political message, its propaganda and the reasons why so many women joined it.
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Women, Family, and Society in Medieval Europe: Historical Essays, 1978-1991 (Chap. 1 "Women and the Sources of Medieval History: The Towns of Northern Italy") » Read Now
by David Herlihy. 412 pgs.

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Women Musicians of Venice: Musical Foundations, 1525-1855 » Read Now
by Jane L. Baldauf-Berdes. 315 pgs.

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This book presents for the first time an introductory, contextual study of three centuries of musical activity at the four major charitable foundations of the former Republic of Venice: the ospedali grandi. Berdes provides a comprehensive account of the institutional, social, religious, and civic...
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This book presents for the first time an introductory, contextual study of three centuries of musical activity at the four major charitable foundations of the former Republic of Venice: the ospedali grandi. Berdes provides a comprehensive account of the institutional, social, religious, and civic dimensions of these welfare complexes, with particular reference to their musical subsidiaries, the cori. Involving over 800 professional women musicians, the cori also represent a vast repertory of over 4,000 original works by composers of whom Vivaldi is only the best known--works that are little known today but recognized as key elements in the historical evolution of musical genres.
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Women in the Classroom: Mass Migration, Literacy and the Nationalization of Sicilian Women at the Turn of the Century, in Journal of Social History » Read Now
by Linda Reeder. 24 pgs.

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

...had little impact in the poorer regions of southern Italy and Sicily. Twenty...consequences for women than men. Secular...education enabled rural women to carve out new...
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Performing for Strangers: Women, Dance, and Music in Quattrocento Florence, in Renaissance Quarterly » Read Now
by Judith Bryce. 32 pgs.

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...Mayer. 1986. "Women Singers and Womens Songs in Fifteenth-Century Italy." In Bowers...1985. Women, Family and Ritual in Renaissance Italy. Trans. Lydia...Errant. Wayward...
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Women in the Book Trade in Italy, 1475-1620, in Renaissance Quarterly » Read Now
by Deborah Parker. 33 pgs.

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...Women in the book trade in Italy, 1475-1620. by...examines the activity of women printers in Italy. Novatis interest in the...publishers, and booksellers in Italy between...
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Women of the Humiliati: A Lay Religious Order in Medieval Civic Life » Read Now
by Sally Mayall Brasher. 146 pgs.

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This book examines the contribution of women to the Humiliati movement, providing original archival evidence indicating that women dominated the group's membership. These findings have implications for both women's spirituality and women's work, correcting the received opinion that the patriarchal...
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This book examines the contribution of women to the Humiliati movement, providing original archival evidence indicating that women dominated the group's membership. These findings have implications for both women's spirituality and women's work, correcting the received opinion that the patriarchal nature of Italian society and of the church limited the institutional options available to women. It also suggests that women found innovative ways to participate in the increasingly restrictive textile industry of the region. This work provides a glimpse at the novel ways in which women in medieval Italy were able to satisfy their spiritual and economic needs within the confines of a male-dominated church and society.
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Ladies Errant: Wayward Women and Social Order in Early Modern Italy » Read Now
by Deanna Shemek. 260 pgs.

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...Wayward Women and Social Order in Early Modern Italy. DEANNA...thought about women. 8 A center...capitalism, Italy occupied a...cultural position in early modern...early...