Tigress in the Snow

Motherhood and Literature in Twentieth-Century Italy

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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The Tigress in the Snow explores how literature reacted to, influenced, and shaped the evolving notion of motherhood in twentieth-century Italy. From the late-nineteenth century rhetorical celebration of the mother as Madonna, to the Fascist regime's demographic campaign and feminist revisions of the maternal role, Laura Benedetti shows how the mother's social status was a site of constant negotiation in Italy during the last century and how this negotiation came to be represented in literature. To illustrate her theme, she stresses both similarities and differences among four generations of women writers, as well as their complex interaction with their male counterparts, and their reactions to changes in Italian society. The Tigress in the Snow highlights literature's role in the formation of cultural discourses right up to the dawn of the twenty-first century. An intriguing look at the changing nature of motherhood in a country that has always valued the maternal institution, this volume goes further to show how literature investigates, shapes, and envisions social models for the present and future.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-12-15
Mått152 x 226 x 10 mm
Vikt300 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor277
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781442610866
UtmärkelserWinner of Ennio Flaiano Book Prize awarded by the Directors of Italian Culture Institutes in the U.S. 2008 (United States)

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Acknowledgments ix Introduction 31Mothers at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century 12The New Mother 12From Mother to Daughter: Annie Vivanti's The Devourers 23The Mother as Artist: Luigi Pirandello's Suo marito 25A Revolution Named Sibilla 28Self-Sacrifice and Marian Imagery 32The Invisible Working Woman 3 92Resilience and Resistance: The Fascist Years 43From Benevolence to Dominance 43Literature and the Escape from History 45Mothers without a Name and the Search for Women's Identity 47Mothers at War 52'Like War Is to Men' 58Future as a Revised Version of the Past 60No Turning Back 673Questioning Motherhood 74Slow Changes 74The Tigress in the Snow 78'Una Maternità Sociale': The Upheaval of the 1970s 84Too Close, Too Far: Motherhood as a Dialogue with the Self 894Struggling with the Mother 94Through the Daughters' Voices 94The Mother and the City 102Daughter and Mother 1105Mothers without Children 114From Flesh to Phantom 114The Symbolic Order of the Mother 116A World of Mothers 119Notes 123 Works Cited 149 Index 161