The tigress in the snow : motherhood and literature in twentieth-century Italy / / Laura Benedetti

• Autore: Benedetti Laura
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007; ©2007
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 850.9/352520904
• Soggetto topico: Italian literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Motherhood in literature; Mothers in literature; Social change in literature; Motherhood - Italy - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Mothers at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 2. Resilience and Resistance: The Fascist Years -- Chapter 3. Questioning Motherhood -- Chapter 4. Struggling with the Mother -- Chapter 5. Mothers without Children -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The tigress in the snow
• ISBN: 1-4426-8502-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780507503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Toronto Italian studies.