Italian women and autobiography : ideology, discourse and identity in female life narratives from fascism to the present / edited by Ioana Raluca Larco and Fabiana Cecchini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cecchini, Fabiana.

Larco, Ioana Raluca.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiography.

Gender identity in literature.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Ideology in literature.

Italian literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Italian literature.

Italian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Italian literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays included in this collection examine issues such as identity and ideology which are at play in the female autobiography practice, along with the problematicity that these trigger in terms of self-representation and traditional formal boundaries. The women writers analyzed here through mainly historical, literary, feminist and psychoanalytic lenses cover a long period in the history of Italy, spanning from the Fascist era to our time. In an attempt to organize and connect these texts...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-14275-9

9786613142757

1-4438-2834-3

OCLC:

823721099