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Autobiographical Cultures in Post-War Italy
Life-Writing, Communism and Feminism
Autobiographical Cultures in Post-War Italy
Life-Writing, Communism and Feminism
Description
After the Second World War, two contrasting political movements became increasingly active in Italy - the communist and feminist movements. In this book, Walter Baroni uses autobiographical life-writing from both movements key protagonists to shed new light on the history of these movements and more broadly the similarities and differences between political activists in post-war Italy.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Institutional Communist Autobiographies, 1944-1956: Administrative Identification and Narrative Identity
1.1 Communist Autobiographies: Origins
1.2 The Italian Way to Autobiographical Control: Elements of context
1.3 The communist autobiography: plot and story
Chapter 2. Feminist Self-enunciation: Between Silence and Infinite Speech
2.1. The paradox of emancipation and its autobiographical strategies
2.2 Paranoia: The infinite discourse
2.3 Schizophrenia and catatonia: Poetry, dreams and discursive hesitations
Chapter 3. The remains of two traditions: Institutional monuments and impossible mourning
3.1 After the end: The collapse of communism and the self-narrative
3.2 Late feminist autobiographies: The journey towards legitimacy and normality
3.3 Echoes of the origins: The autobiographies of Giorgio Napolitano and Laura Lepetit
1.1 Communist Autobiographies: Origins
1.2 The Italian Way to Autobiographical Control: Elements of context
1.3 The communist autobiography: plot and story
Chapter 2. Feminist Self-enunciation: Between Silence and Infinite Speech
2.1. The paradox of emancipation and its autobiographical strategies
2.2 Paranoia: The infinite discourse
2.3 Schizophrenia and catatonia: Poetry, dreams and discursive hesitations
Chapter 3. The remains of two traditions: Institutional monuments and impossible mourning
3.1 After the end: The collapse of communism and the self-narrative
3.2 Late feminist autobiographies: The journey towards legitimacy and normality
3.3 Echoes of the origins: The autobiographies of Giorgio Napolitano and Laura Lepetit
Product details
| Published | 14 Jan 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781350190733 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Illustrations | 15 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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