Representations of Female Identity in Italy: From Neoclassism to the 21st Century
About this ebook
The contributors here apply various methodologies to characterize the evolution of women’s identity and their representation in such expressive modalities, drawing from literature, film, drama, history, the humanities, media and cultural studies.
Cross-genre, cross-cultural, and cross-national explorations are also utilised here in order to underline the multifaceted ways in which de facto female characterization occurred.
About the author
Fabiana Cecchini is Instructional Assistant Professor in the Department of International Studies, at Texas A&M University, USA. She received a Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere (English and French) from the Università di Urbino, Italy, and a PhD in Italian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her main scholarly interests include women’s studies, Italian fiction and poetry, Italian cinema, and the relationship between film and literature. Her publications include Italian Women and Autobiography. Ideology, Discourse and Identity in Female Life Narratives from Fascism to the Present (2011).
