| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 197 pages). |
| Series |
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies
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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Women and war -- Italy -- History.
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Women in war -- Italy -- History.
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Women soldiers -- Italy -- History.
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Women political activists -- Italy -- History.
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Protest movements -- Italy -- History.
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Mafia -- Italy -- History.
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Italy -- History, Military.
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Italy -- Social conditions.
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Italy -- History -- 19th century.
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Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
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Mafia |
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Protest movements |
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Social conditions |
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Women and war |
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Women in war |
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Women political activists |
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Women soldiers |
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Italy |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Added Author |
Amatangelo, Susan, 1967- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Italian women at war. Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2016 9781611479539 (DLC) 2016022572 (OCoLC)950445756 |
| ISBN |
9781611479546 (electronic book) |
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1611479541 (electronic book) |
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9781611479539 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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