The Crisis-Woman: Body Politics and the Modern Woman in Fascist Italy

Natasha V. Chang

Published by University of Toronto Press 2015

The Crisis-Woman

Body Politics and the Modern Woman in Fascist Italy

Natasha V. Chang

In the series Toronto Italian Studies

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442621190

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Chang Natasha V. :

Natasha V. Chang is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Dean of Brainerd Commons at Middlebury College.

Reviews

Cristina Mazzoni:

‘This book should appeal to anyone interested in the fascist period, and not only to literary critics. Historians of Italy and of fashion, as well as feminist scholars, to name a few, will find much to learn in Chang’s engaging and well-written monograph.’

Eugenia Paulicelli, Professor of Italian, Comparative Literature, and Women’s Studies, Queens College, City University of New York:
“The Crisis-Woman is a welcome and multi-layered picture of a subtle dynamic between power and resistance on the role of women under the fascist regime. It comes as an important contribution to the growing scholarship on Italian fascism.”

Victoria de Grazia, Moore Collegiate Professor of History, Columbia University:
“Chang has picked up on one of those fascinating phrases, ‘crisis-woman,’ which has circulated in the absence of any definition, much less research, captured its usage in the periodicals of the time, and pinned down practically all of its meanings to the fascist regime.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Who Is the Crisis-Woman? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
1. The Donna-crisi and the Fashion World: From Revolution to Regulatory Ideal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
2. Scientific Discourse and the Making of the Donna-crisi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
3. Esci fuori, mattacchiona!: Satirical Representations of the Donna-crisi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4. Ideologies and Economies of Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Conclusion: The Decline of the Donna-crisi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Appendixes: Lyrics and Captions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 176
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 13
- Other: 13 b&w illustrations

eBook

Published: February 25, 2015
ISBN: 9781442621190