03281nam 2200577 450 991079853370332120230126215516.01-61147-954-1(CKB)3710000000769332(PQKBManifestationID)16481522(PQKBWorkID)15019345(PQKB)24065169(MiAaPQ)EBC4603733(EXLCZ)99371000000076933220160903h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrItalian women at war sisters in arms from the Unification to the twentieth century /edited by Susan AmatangeloMadison, [Wisconsin] ;Teaneck, [New Jersey] :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (209 pages)The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian StudiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-61147-955-X 1-61147-953-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Italy's sisters in arms / Susan Amatangelo -- Part I. The unification of Italy -- One in a mille : Countess Martini Della Torre / Benedetta Gennaro -- Peppa La Cannoniera : citizenship in action / Giovanna Summerfield -- "Sono briganta, io, non donna di brigante" : the female brigand's search for identity / Susan Amatangelo -- Part II. The two world wars -- Women at war : Eva Kühn Amendola (Magamal) : interventionist, futurist, fascist / Lucia Re -- "We will build a better world together" : female partisans' memories of their resistance to fascism (1943-1945) / Fiona M. Stewart -- Where women meet resistance : Fenoglio's war narratives / Daria Valentini -- Part III. State terrorism and the Mafia -- A sister without arms : the myth of Antigone in Liliana Cavani's The cannibals / Stefania Benini -- Fighting Cosa Nostra with the camera's eye : Letizia Battaglia's evolving icons of "traumatic realism" / Norma Bouchard."Italian Women at War explores Italian women's participation in war and conflict throughout Italy's modern history, beginning with the Unification and ending with the twentieth century. The essays in this volume, which focus on both historical and fictional figures, help to further the discussion on women's participation in violence, warfare (both conventional and unconventional), and political protest throughout Italy"--Provided by publisher.Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.Women in warItalyHistoryWomen and warItalyHistoryWomen soldiersItalyHistoryItalyHistory, MilitaryItalySocial conditionsItalyHistory19th centuryItalyHistory20th centuryWomen in warHistory.Women and warHistory.Women soldiersHistory.320.082/0945Amatangelo Susan1967-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798533703321Italian women at war3713829UNINA