ISBN:
9783030977894
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (399 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Italian and Italian American Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.42089924045
Keywords:
Feminism
;
Feminism-Italy-History-19th century
;
Jewish women-Political activity
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- General -- Institutions -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 State of the Research -- 1.2 Jewish Identities -- 1.3 A "Minority Within a Minority" -- 1.4 Sources -- 1.5 Structure of the Study -- 2 Italian-Jewish Family Identities and Secular Subculture -- 2.1 Marriages and Blood Relationships -- 2.2 Judaism as Ethical Tradition -- 2.3 Family Memories -- 2.4 The Future in the Children: Birth and Upbringing Between Middle-Class Aspirations and Jewish Tradition -- 3 Biographies Between Secularism and Jewish Self-Positioning -- 3.1 Educator, Abolitionist, ebrea laica: The Pioneer Sara Levi Nathan -- Upbringing in Pesaro, Modena, and Livorno -- Marriage, Motherhood, and Jewish Family Life -- Women's Emancipation as Path to Social Renewal -- Scuola Mazzini and Abolitionist Federation -- 3.2 Fare gli Italiani Through Pedagogical Revitalization -- Patriotism and Education: Adele Della Vida Levi's Family Background -- Pedagogical Engagement Between Jewish Tradition and Italian National Consciousness -- Connections with the Jewish Girls' School -- The Fröbel Kindergarten in Santi Apostoli: A Laicist Educational Project with Transnational Connections -- 3.3 Writing as Activism -- Participation Under the Auspices of National Identification, Laicist Positioning, and International Orientation -- The Poet Erminia Fuà Fusinato (1834-1876): Conversion as an Expression of Female Emancipation -- Patriots and Irredentists -- The Private Scholar Eugenia Pavia Gentilomo (1822-1894): A "Jewish Woman in Everything and for Everything"? -- 4 Emancipation, Integration, and Dissociation -- 4.1 National Reference Points, Transnational Networks: Jewish Actors in the Organized Women's Movement -- Paolina Schiff (1841-1926): A German-Italian-Jewish Feminist.
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