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

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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1. Verfasser: Ramsey-Portolano, Catherine (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Vancouver ; Madison : Lanham : The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]
Schriftenreihe:Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
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Zusammenfassung: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 as well as their stories and destinies.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vii, 137 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781683931324
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