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



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Titolo: Italian women at war : sisters in arms from the Unification to the twentieth century / / edited by Susan Amatangelo Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61147-954-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910798533703321
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Serie: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.