03827nam 2200733 450 991081070940332120230126212811.01-4426-2120-61-4426-2119-210.3138/9781442621190(CKB)3710000000371873(EBL)3297446(SSID)ssj0001496382(PQKBManifestationID)12614008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001496382(PQKBWorkID)11485915(PQKB)10307233(CEL)449669(OCoLC)913977597(CaBNVSL)thg00930633(MiAaPQ)EBC3297446(MiAaPQ)EBC4669804(DE-B1597)465489(OCoLC)952799534(DE-B1597)9781442621190(Au-PeEL)EBL4669804(CaPaEBR)ebr11256326(OCoLC)958571117(EXLCZ)99371000000037187320160913h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe crisis-woman body politics and the modern woman in fascist Italy /Natasha V. ChangToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, New York ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2015.©20151 online resource (177 p.)Toronto Italian StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4426-4967-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who Is the Crisis-Woman? -- 1. The Donna-crisi and the Fashion World: From Revolution to Regulatory Ideal -- 2. Scientific Discourse and the Making of the Donna-crisi -- 3. Esci fuori, mattacchiona!: Satirical Representations of the Donna-crisi -- 4. Ideologies and Economies of Crisis -- Conclusion: The Decline of the Donna-crisi -- Appendixes: Lyrics and Captions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Femininity in the form of the donna-crisi, or “crisis-woman,” was a fixture of fascist propaganda in the early 1930s. A uniquely Italian representation of the modern woman, she was cosmopolitan, dangerously thin, and childless, the antithesis of the fascist feminine ideal – the flashpoint for a range of anxieties that included everything from the changing social roles of urban women to the slippage of stable racial boundaries between the Italian nation and its colonies.Using a rich assortment of scientific, medical, and popular literature, Natasha V. Chang’s The Crisis-Woman examines the donna-crisi’s position within the gendered body politics of fascist Italy. Challenging analyses of the era which treat modern and transgressive women as points of resistance to fascist power, Chang argues that the crisis-woman was an object of negativity within a gendered narrative of fascist modernity that pitted a sterile and decadent modernity against a healthy and fertile fascist one.Toronto Italian studies.Fascism and womenItalyHistory20th centuryWomen in popular cultureItalyHistory20th centuryWomenItalySocial conditions20th centuryFascismItalyHistory20th centuryItalySocial conditions1918-1945Fascism and womenHistoryWomen in popular cultureHistoryWomenSocial conditionsFascismHistory305.42094509/043Chang Natasha V.1971-1667140MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810709403321The crisis-woman4026805UNINA