MACMILLAN Women in Italy, 1945–1960: An Interdisciplinary Study (Italian and Italian American Studies)

This volume brings together specialists from a variety of disciplines to develop a deeper understanding of the social, political, and cultural history of women in Italy in the years 1946-1960. Despite being a time when women and the family were at the center of national debates, and when society changed considerably, the fifteen years following the Second World War have tended to be overlooked or subsumed into discussions of other periods. By focusing on the experience of women and by broadening the frame of reference to include subjects and sources often ignored, or only alluded to, by traditional analyses, the essays in this volume break new ground and provide a corrective to previous interpretive models. Review The gap between prescriptions and behaviour, ideals and realities, expectations and outcomes provides the space for fascinating studies of a period of transition from a war-torn Italy to a country on the brink of unprecedented prosperity. Genuinely interdisciplinary in its scope, this collection includes neglected areas, such as the 1960 Rome Olympics or the advice columns of popular magazines, as well as revisiting more familiar texts. A valuable resource for students as well as scholars.' Robert Lumley, Professor, Department of Italian, University College London Réka Buckley * Lesley Caldwell * Daniela Cavallaro * Ursula Fanning * Donatella Fischer * Stephen Gundle * Danielle Hipkins * Penelope Morris * Ellen Nerenberg * Wendy Pojmann * Molly Tambor * Rebecca West * Mary Wood * Sharon Wood * Nadia Zonis JV C06C4501-CC05-4B5A-938F-FED157998081 376322 Electronic Book Text 279385 9780230524316 0230524311 Charms and Charming in Europe E.Book Charms Charming Europe 12/11/2004 11/12/2004 542 History - Academic J. Roper 14385 Edited By Author Record 1 Senior Researcher University of Tartu, Estonia 1969-11-17 00:00:00 roper@ut.ee British 542 History - Academic Scholarly Pal Scholarly E7 - Distributed to Vendors UK1 - Title Pending HB - History HIS010000; HIS010000 History - Social History; History - Witchcraft, Magic and the Occult; History - European History; History - Early Modern European History; History - History of Medicine, Science and Technology Professional and Scholarly 65.00 125.00 10.1057/9780230524316 312463826 Green PDF EBook 248 sa 2015-06-08 17:31:06.873 All Formats Full Term Copyright Introduction; J.Roper PART I: ISSUES IN CHARMS AND CHARMING The Transmission of Charms in English, Medieval and Modern; T.M.Smallwood On the Christianity of Incantations; D.E.Gay Typologising English and European Charms; J.Roper Towards a Pragmatic Typology of Love Charms; S.Golopentia The Self of a Charm; H.Ilomaki Charms in Medieval Memory; L.T.Olsan PART II: NATIONAL TRADITIONS French Healing Charms and Charmers from an English Perspective; O.Davies Eclecticism in the Russian Charm Tradition; W.F.Ryan Swedish Finn Incantations; U.Wolf-Knuts Evil Eye in Hungary: Belief, Ritual, Incantations; E.Pocs Historical records of charms, the verbal element of vernacular magic, date back at least as far as the late middle ages, and charming has continued to be practiced until recently in most parts of Europe. And yet, the topic has received only scattered scholarly attention to date. By bringing together many of the leading authorities on charms and charming from Europe and North America, this book aims to rectify this neglect, and by presenting discussions covering a variety of periods and of locations - from Finland to France, and from Hungary to England - it forms an essential reader on the topic. 1 Fascinating subject, due for revival of scholarly interest 2 Work by leading experts in the field 3 Wide range of perspectives from group of international scholars 4 Pan-European coverage '[A] thought-provoking history of charms from the medieval period.' - Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature OWEN DAVIES Lecturer in History, University of Hertfordshire, UK DAVID ELTON GAY Lecturer in Folklore,