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Feminism, violence, and representation in modern Italy : "we are witnesses, not victims" /

"Can the way a word is used give legitimacy to a political movement? Feminism, Violence, and Representation in Modern Italy traces the use of the word "femminicidio" (or "femicide") as a tool to mobilize Italian feminists, particularly the Union of Women in Italy (UDI). Base...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parmigiani, Giovanna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Colección:New anthropologies of Europe.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Locating violence in Salento and beyond
  • Women before women : Italian feminists and the struggle for visibility
  • The creation(s) of femminicidio
  • Being witnesses, not victims : on the affective politics of representation
  • Producing witnesses : the perlocutionary effects of the politics of representation
  • Fare-come-se (Doing-as-if) and artistic engagements : ethics, aesthetics, and the politics of becoming
  • Conclusion.