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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783976403321

Autore

Willson Perry R.

Titolo

Peasant women and politics in Fascist Italy : the Massaie rurali / / Perry Willson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-43648-3

1-134-43649-1

1-280-05388-7

0-203-45168-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Disciplina

324.245/02

Soggetti

Fascism and women

History

Political activity

Women peasants

Women peasants-- Italy-- Political activity-- Hist

Women peasants - Political activity - History - 20th century - Italy

Fascism and women - History - 20th century - Italy

Gender Studies & Sexuality

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Glossary of Italian terms and organizations; Map of Italy; Introduction; Peasant women, the rural world and the Fasci Femminili; Ladies in the field: women's farm education, the Unione  delle Massaie della Campagna and Domus Rustica; 'An Extraordinary Thing': the National Fascist  Federation of Massaie Rurali; 'Going to the People': the Massaie Rurali section of the  Fasci Femminili; 'Into Every Farmhouse and Cottage': propaganda  in print; 'Women with a Hundred Arms': the training programme

'At the Gates of Rome': the Sant'Alessio Training CollegeA Dopolavoro



for rural women? radio, film and folklore; Recruiting for the nation: Why did three million join  the Massaie Rurali?; Epilogue; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.