ISBN:
9781350488755
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (240 pages)
Series Statement:
Gender and History
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.40945/0904
Keywords:
1900-1999
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Feminism History 20th century
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Women History 20th century
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Women Social conditions 20th century
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Frau
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F{acute}eminisme - Italie - Histoire - 20e si{grave}ecle
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Femmes - Italie - Conditions sociales - 20e si{grave}ecle
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Femmes - Italie - Histoire - 20e si{grave}ecle
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European history
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Feminism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE - Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE - Minority Studies
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Women
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Women - Social conditions
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History
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Italien
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Italy
Abstract:
Over the course of the 20th century, the rapid transformation of Italy from an impoverished, predominantly agricultural nation to one of the strongest economies in the world forged a fascinating and contradictory society where gender relations were a particular mix of modernity and tradition. In this accessible and innovative study, Perry Willson provides a nuanced and insightful analysis of the impact of social, political, economic and cultural developments on Italian women's lives. She also explores how women were affected by, and how they themselves helped shape, key historical events such as the rise of Fascism, the 2 world wars, the 'economic miracle' of the post-war years and the cultural and political upheavals of the 1970s. Women in Twentieth Century Italy is the first book-length overview of Italian women's experience during this period of intense and dramatic change. Drawing on the latest historiography in the field and written in a lively and engaging manner, it is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Italy's recent past
Abstract:
This is one of the first overviews of the diverse experience of Italian women in the twentieth century. Willson explores the impact of social, political, economic, and cultural developments, highlighting the ways in which women of different social classes and regions were affected by, and helped to shape, historical change
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Italian Women at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century; 2 The 'Tower of Babel': First-Wave Feminism; 3 On the 'Home Front': World War One and its Aftermath, 1915-20; 4 'Exemplary Wives and Mothers': Under Fascist Dictatorship; 5 Doing their Duty for Nation (or Church): Mass Mobilisation during the Fascist Ventennio; 6 War Comes to Women, 1940-45; 7 Moving into Town: New Social and Economic Roles, 1945-67; 8 Women's Politics in the Shadow of the Cold War, 1945-67.
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations and Tables Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction Italian Women at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century The 'Tower of Babel': First Wave Feminism On the 'Home Front': World War One and its Aftermath, 1915-20 'Exemplary Wives and Mothers': Under Fascist Dictatorship Doing their Duty for Nation (or Church): Mass Mobilisation during the Fascist Ventennio War Comes to Women 1940-45 Moving into Town: New Social and Economic Roles 1945-67 Women's Politics in the Shadow of the Cold War 1945-67 'Io sono mia': Feminism in the 'Great Cultural Revolution' 1968-80 The 'Dual Presence': More Work and Fewer Children in the Age of Materialism Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
9 'Io Sono Mia': Feminism in the 'Great Cultural Revolution', 1968-8010 The 'Dual Presence': More Work and Fewer Children in the Age of Materialism; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index
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DOI:
10.1007/978-1-137-12287-2
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