This is one of the first overviews of the diverse experience of Italian womenin 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. INDICE: 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 FascistVentennio - 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
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-9518-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 07/12/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés