Italian women at war : sisters in arms from the Unification to the twentieth century / / edited by Susan Amatangelo

• Pubblicazione: Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.082/0945
• Soggetto topico: Women in war - Italy - History; Women and war - Italy - History; Women soldiers - Italy - History
• Soggetto geografico: Italy History, Military; Italy Social conditions; Italy History 19th century; Italy History 20th century
• Persona (resp. second.): AmatangeloSusan <1967->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Italian women at war
• ISBN: 1-61147-954-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798533703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.