1 option
I belong only to myself : the life and writings of Leda Rafanelli / Andrea Pakieser.
Van Pelt Library DG575.R32 P35 2014
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pakieser, Andrea, author.
- Rafanelli, Leda, 1880-1971, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rafanelli, Leda, 1880-1971.
- Rafanelli, Leda.
- Anarchists--Italy--Biography.
- Anarchists.
- Women editors.
- Editors.
- Women intellectuals.
- Women radicals.
- Radicals.
- Women anarchists.
- Italy.
- Women anarchists--Italy--Biography.
- Radicals--Italy--Biography.
- Women radicals--Italy--Biography.
- Intellectuals--Italy--Biography.
- Intellectuals.
- Women intellectuals--Italy--Biography.
- Editors--Italy--Biography.
- Women editors--Italy--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Life and writings of Leda Rafanelli
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, CA, USA : AK Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- Weaving excerpts from Rafanelli's novels, poems, and essays [presented here for the first time in English translation] with extensive biographical research, Andrea Pakieser traces a biographical path through the waves of strikes and insurrections that accompanied the shaky foundation of the Italian nation; the evolution and offshoots of the anarchist movement as it mixed and blended with syndicalism and egoist currents; and the chaos and insecurity brought by fascism and global war. Withdrawing from public life after WWII, Rafanelli embarked on a new career as a palm and card reader, while working on writing biographical sketches of her anarchist comrades and continuing to invent her personal and unorthodox forms of freedom. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Social Sketches 1
- 2 Printing Presses and Papyrus 17
- 3 The Vocation of Propaganda 43
- 4 Free Love and Feminility 69
- 5 The Intersection of islam and Anarchism 97
- 6 Individualism and Futurism: Compagni in Milan 113
- 7 Subverting Fascism Through Fiction 139
- 8 Obscurity 155.
- Notes:
- Includes extensive quotes from Leda Rafanelli's works.
- "Selected bibliography": pages 167-169.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781849351959
- 1849351953
- OCLC:
- 875240353
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.