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The crisis-woman : body politics and the modern woman in fascist Italy / / Natasha V. Chang



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Autore: Chang Natasha V. <1971-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The crisis-woman : body politics and the modern woman in fascist Italy / / Natasha V. Chang Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
Disciplina: 305.42094509/043
Soggetto topico: Fascism and women - Italy - History - 20th century
Women in popular culture - Italy - History - 20th century
Women - Italy - Social conditions - 20th century
Fascism - Italy - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Italy Social conditions 1918-1945
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The crisis-woman  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4426-2120-6
1-4426-2119-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910796915903321
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Serie: Toronto Italian studies.