| Description |
x, 198 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Gender, family, and sexuality : the private sphere in Italy 1860-1945 / edited by Perry Willson. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Introduction: Gender and the Private Sphere in Liberal and Fascist Italy-- P.Willson -- Marriage on Trial: Adultery in Nineteenth-Century Rome-- D.Rizzo -- Till Death Do Them Part? The Church-State Struggle over Marriage and Divorce, 1860-1914-- M.Seymour -- Motherhood Through the Wheel: The Care of Foundlings in Late Nineteenth-Century Naples-- A.M.Tapaninen -- Family, Marriage and Inheritance Practices of a Jewish Elite in the Age of Emancipation-- B.Armani -- Labelling Women Deviant: Heterosexual Women, Prostitutes and Lesbians in Early Criminological Discourse-- M.Gibson -- Women and the Public/Private Divide: The Salotto , Home and Theatre in Late Nineteenth-Century Italy-- A.H.Caesar -- Between Tradition and Profession. Italian Midwives during the 1930s-- A.Gissi -- The Persecution of Homosexual Men under Fascism-- M.R.Ebner -- Sex, Citizenship and the State: The Construction of the Public and Private Spheres in Colonial Eritrea-- G.Barrera -- The History of Sexuality in Italy (1860-1945)-- B.P.F.Wanrooij -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Sex role Italy History 19th century Congresses, Sex role Italy History 20th century Congresses, Family Italy History 19th century Congresses, Family Italy History 20th century Congresses, Sex Social aspects Italy History 19th century Congresses, Sex Social aspects Italy History 20th century Congresses |
| Summary |
This lively collection of essays presents a range of innovative research on the history of the private sphere in Liberal and Fascist Italy, with a particular focus on sexuality, gender and race--all aspects which have received scarce attention in much of the existing historiography. It includes articles on foundlings and their mothers, the role of midwives, changing attitudes to sexuality, adultery trials, the Fascist persecution of homosexuals, debates about divorce and (going beyond Italy to its empire) the treatment of mixed race children and their mothers in Eritrea |
| Notes |
Selected papers from the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Modern Italy, held at the Italian Cultural Institute in London, England, in Nov. 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Families -- Italy -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Families -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Sex role -- Italy -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Sex role -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Sex -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Sex -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Willson, Perry R.
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| LC no. |
2003069127 |
| ISBN |
140392032X |
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