Performing bodies : female illness in Italian literature and cinema (1860-1920) /

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This book examines how in Italian literature and film, as well as in society, women were confined to traditional roles and illness often represented the consequence for transgressing those roles. Feigning illness offered women a way to "own" the illness and become masters of their bodies a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramsey-Portolano, Catherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver ; Madison : Lanham : The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]
Colección:Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
Temas:
1800-1999
Women in literature.
Sick in literature.
Italian literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Italian literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women in motion pictures.
Sick in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Italy > History and criticism.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Malades dans la littérature.
Littérature italienne > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature italienne > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes au cinéma.
Malades au cinéma.
Cinéma > Italie > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Italian literature
Motion pictures
Sick in literature
Sick in motion pictures
Women in literature
Women in motion pictures
Italy
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Denigrated Femininity in Fin de Siècle Italy
  • Female Malady and Transgression in Italian Literature
  • Feigning Sickness and Female Agency in Italian Literature
  • Tigre reale and Malombra: The Diva and Cinematic Adaptations of Female Illness
  • Conclusion.

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