1st Edition

The Lonely Mirror Italian Perspectives on Feminist Theory

266 Pages

by Routledge

266 Pages

by Routledge

266 Pages

by Routledge

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Contributing to a lively dialogue with Anglo-American and French theorists, The Lonely Mirror (originally published in 1993) sets out to contextualize Italian feminist theory within the international debate. The essays vividly illuminate the specific character of Italian feminism as a political and intellectual movement and expose the differences between the more institutionalized nature of... Read more

Part I: Language, Literature, Semiotics

1. The discourse of passion
Patrizia Magli

2. Woman-graphy
Nadia Fusini

3. The erotic woman writer: a special case of hypokrites
Viola Papetti

4. A double-voiced silence
Marina Mizzau

5. Language in the crucible of the mind
Marina Camboni

Part II: Psychoanalysis

6. Maternal role and personal identity: on the women’s movement and psychoanalysis
Silvia Montefoschi

7. In search of the mirror: fusion and differentiation in women’s groups
Maria Grazia Minetti

8. The female animal
Silvia Vegetti Finzi

Part III: History

9. Premiss: a figure of power and an invitation to history Epilogue: to room nineteen
Gianna Pomata

10. On ‘mothers’ and ‘sisters’: fragments on women/feminism/historiography
Annarita Buttafuoco