Visions and Revisions: Women in Italian Culture
By (Author) Mirna Cicioni
Edited by Nicole Prunster
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Berg Publishers
1st September 2010
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
History of ideas
305.420945
Hardback
256
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 17mm
This book analyzes the ways in which women were viewed by men through a variety of literary and other discourses, from the Divine Comedy to the 20th century. A further dimension is provided by tracing the evolution of the cultural and social identity of women as perceived by women themselves.
Mirna Cicioni Senior Lecturer,Department of Italian Studies, La Trobe University Nicole Prunster