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  • La Mamma

    Interrogating a National Stereotype

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The idea of the “mamma italiana” is one of the most widespread and recognizable stereotypes in perceptions of Italian national character both within and beyond Italy. This figure makes frequent appearances in jokes and other forms of popular culture, but it has also been seen as shaping the lived experience of modern-day Italians of both sexes, as well as influencing perceptions of Italy in the ... Read more

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  • Women in Twentieth-Century Italy

    by Perry Willson ...
    Series series Gender and History
    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 ... Read more

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  • Peasant Women and Politics in Fascist Italy

    The Massaie Rurali

    by Perry Willson ...
    Peasant women were the largest female occupational group in Italy between the wars. They led lives characterised by great poverty and heavy workloads, but Fascist propaganda extolled them as the mothers of the nation and the guardians of the rural worlds, the most praiseworthy of Italian women.This study is the first published history of the Massaie Rurali, the Fascist Party's section for peasant ... Read more

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  • Peasant Women and Politics in Facist Italy

    The Massaie Rurali

    by Perry Willson ...
    Peasant women were the largest female occupational group in Italy between the wars. They led lives characterised by great poverty and heavy workloads, but Fascist propaganda extolled them as the mothers of the nation and the guardians of the rural worlds, the most praiseworthy of Italian women.This study is the first published history of the Massaie Rurali, the Fascist Party's section for peasant ... Read more

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  • Women and the Reinvention of the Political

    Feminism in Italy, 1968-1983

    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and History
    This is the first in-depth study of the feminist movement that swept Italy during the "long 1970s" (1968-1983), and one of the first to use a combination of oral history interviews and newly-released archive sources to analyze the origins, themes, practices and impacts of "second-wave" feminism. While detailing the local and national contexts in which the movement operated, it sees this movement ... Read more

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  • Political Audiences

    A Reception History of Early Italian Television

    This book deals with the popular reception of early Italian television during the years of the socalled long “economic boom” (1954-1969). To do so, the author focuses on the Catholic and Communist audiences’ perception of the first TV programs. The investigation into these two main groups’ reception will be conducted through the analysis of all the TV references published in the readers’ columns ... Read more

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  • Piero Sraffa, Unorthodox Economist (1898-1983)

    A Biographical Essay

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    A Very Short Introduction

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