The Crisis-Woman Body Politics and the Modern Woman in Fascist Italy
Femininity in the form of the donna-crisi , or “crisis-woman,” was a fixture of fascist propaganda in the early 1930s. A uniquely Italian representation of the modern woman, she was cosmopolitan, dangerously thin, and childless, the antithesis of the fascist feminine ideal &n...
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| Format: | eBook Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto
University of Toronto Press
2015
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Toronto Italian Studies |
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| ISBN: | 9781442649675, 1442649674, 1442621192, 1442621206, 9781442621190, 9781442621206 |
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| Summary: | Femininity in the form of the donna-crisi , or “crisis-woman,” was a fixture of fascist propaganda in the early 1930s. A uniquely Italian representation of the modern woman, she was cosmopolitan, dangerously thin, and childless, the antithesis of the fascist feminine ideal – the flashpoint for a range of anxieties that included everything from the changing social roles of urban women to the slippage of stable racial boundaries between the Italian nation and its colonies.
Using a rich assortment of scientific, medical, and popular literature, Natasha V. Chang’s The Crisis-Woman examines the donna-crisi ’s position within the gendered body politics of fascist Italy. Challenging analyses of the era which treat modern and transgressive women as points of resistance to fascist power, Chang argues that the crisis-woman was an object of negativity within a gendered narrative of fascist modernity that pitted a sterile and decadent modernity against a healthy and fertile fascist one. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes index Bibliography: p. [153]-161 |
| ISBN: | 9781442649675 1442649674 1442621192 1442621206 9781442621190 9781442621206 |
| DOI: | 10.3138/9781442621190 |