Women, antifascims and Mussolini's Italy : the life of Marion Cave Rosselli / Isabelle Richet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richet, Isabelle, author.

Series:

International library of twentieth century history ; 128.

International library of twentieth century history ; 128

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rosselli, Carlo, 1899-1937--Relations with women.

Rosselli, Carlo.

Rosselli, Marion Cave.

Fascism--Italy--History--20th century.

Fascism.

Socialists--Great Britain--Biography.

Socialists.

Socialists--Italy--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Summary:

"Marion Cave Rosselli is remembered as the 'perfect companion' of the Italian Antifascist leader Carlo Rosselli, assassinated in Paris in June 1937. But little is known about the young English student fired with revolutionary enthusiasm who moved to Florence in 1919, witnessed the violent march of fascism to power and thereafter became a resolute adversary of the Mussolini dictatorship. Based on a wealth of little-used private and public archives, this biography retraces her journey from a modest home on the outskirts of London to the first underground Antifascist opposition in Italy, from the prison island of Lipari to exile in Paris and the United States. It reveals the social, cultural and existential factors which underpinned her unflinching political engagement alongside her husband. It also highlights the many challenges faced by Antifascist women within a highly patriarchal movement by bringing to life the figure of a woman who challenged the traditional division of labour within the family and struggled to carve a political role for herself. Reconstructing Marion Cave Rosselli's experience in relation to the multiple political, social and cultural worlds she moved in, this book broadens our understanding of the Antifascist movement and offers a richly detailed portrait of a time full of hopes, anxieties and disappointments."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Author Biography; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. A British Education; 2. Witnessing the Rise of Fascism in Florence (September 1919

January 1923); 3. Becoming Biancafiore (1923

24); 4. The Best of Times, The Worst of Times (1924

26); 5. From Milan to Savona: The Last Stand in Italy (July 1926

September 1927); 6. Welcome to the 'Escape Club': Lipari (January 1928

July 1929); 7. New Beginnings: The Heroic Years (1929

31); 8. Building a Life in Exile (1932

34); 9. The Personal is Political (1935

36)

10. Death in Normandy (Spring 1937); 11. Hope against Hope (July 1937

July 1940); 12. So Far Away from Italy USA

(July 1940

July 1943); 13. Hope is Reborn USA

(July 1943

June 1946); 14. Coming Home (July 1946

October 1949); Abbreviations; Notes; Sources and Bibliography; Index; Plates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-325) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781788316040

1788316045

9781786725257

1786725258

9781786735256

1786735253

OCLC:

1128173193