ISBN:
1443892726
,
9781443892728
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
DDC:
305.40945
Keywords:
Women Identity
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Women in literature
;
Women in art
;
Women in motion pictures
;
Women History
;
Italian literature History and criticism
;
Gender studies: women
;
Literature & literary studies
;
Cultural studies
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Italian literature
;
Women
;
Women ; Identity
;
Women in art
;
Women in literature
;
Women in motion pictures
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
History
;
Italy
Abstract:
Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Part One: Early and Modern Literature; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Part Two: Reconsidering the Roles; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Contributors
Abstract:
This volume explores a variety of iconic female characters in Italian literature, art and film who depict distinct representatives of female identity within this national culture. The contributors here apply various methodologies to characterize the evolution of women's identity and their representation in such expressive modalities, drawing from literature, film, drama, history, the humanities, media and cultural studies. Cross-genre, cross-cultural, and cross-national explorations are also utilised here in order to underline the multifaceted ways in which de facto female characterization occu
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