LEADER 03880nam 2200769 450 001 9910780507503321 005 20231206233546.0 010 $a1-4426-8502-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442685024 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002131 035 $a(EBL)4672377 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000382778 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11257313 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382778 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10399753 035 $a(PQKB)11767514 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00222099 035 $a(CaPaEBR)424344 035 $a(DE-B1597)464086 035 $a(OCoLC)1013947681 035 $a(OCoLC)944177059 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442685024 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672377 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258046 035 $a(OCoLC)958571936 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/4fskf0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3261290 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002131 100 $a20160923h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe tigress in the snow $emotherhood and literature in twentieth-century Italy /$fLaura Benedetti 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Italian Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4426-1086-7 311 $a0-8020-9744-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Mothers at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century --$tChapter 2. Resilience and Resistance: The Fascist Years --$tChapter 3. Questioning Motherhood --$tChapter 4. Struggling with the Mother --$tChapter 5. Mothers without Children --$tNotes --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $aThe Tigress in the Snow explores how literature reacted to, influenced, and shaped the evolving notion of motherhood in twentieth-century Italy. From the late-nineteenth century rhetorical celebration of the mother as Madonna, to the Fascist regime's demographic campaign and feminist revisions of the maternal role, Laura Benedetti shows how the mother's social status was a site of constant negotiation in Italy during the last century and how this negotiation came to be represented in literature. To illustrate her theme, she stresses both similarities and differences among four generations of women writers, as well as their complex interaction with their male counterparts, and their reactions to changes in Italian society. The Tigress in the Snow highlights literature's role in the formation of cultural discourses right up to the dawn of the twenty-first century. An intriguing look at the changing nature of motherhood in a country that has always valued the maternal institution, this volume goes further to show how literature investigates, shapes, and envisions social models for the present and future. 410 0$aToronto Italian studies. 606 $aItalian literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMotherhood in literature 606 $aMothers in literature 606 $aSocial change in literature 606 $aMotherhood$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aItalian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMotherhood in literature. 615 0$aMothers in literature. 615 0$aSocial change in literature. 615 0$aMotherhood$xHistory 676 $a850.9/352520904 700 $aBenedetti$b Laura$0221390 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780507503321 996 $aThe tigress in the snow$93835649 997 $aUNINA