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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817912003321

Autore

Nerenberg Ellen Victoria <1962->

Titolo

Prison terms : representing confinement during and after Italian fascism / / Ellen V. Nerenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-282-01430-7

9786612014307

1-4426-7875-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Disciplina

850.9/355

Soggetti

Italian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Prisons in literature

Imprisonment in literature

Fascism and culture - Italy

Fascism and literature - Italy

Fascism in literature

Livres numeriques.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Italienisch

Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: prisons and their analogues -- Barracks and borders, prisons and masculinity -- Penitents and penitentiaries: interstices, resistance, freedom -- Love for sale; or, That's Amore: brothels, prison, revision -- House arrest.

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of the confinement experience in Italian narrative between 1930 and 1960, covering the last years of Fascism. Not limiting herself to prisons, Nerenberg also explores military barracks, convents, and



brothels as carceral homologues.