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ISBN
9780253043412
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Algemeen
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12-09-2019
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Indiana University Press
Auteur(s)
Giovanna Parmigiani
Feminism, Violence, and Representation in Modern Italy
"We are Witnesses, Not Victims"
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Giovanna Parmigiani
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A
study
of
how
violence
and
language
affect
women
in
Italy.Can
the
way
a
word
is
used
give
legitimacy
to
a
political
movement?
Feminism,
Violence,
and
Representation
in
Modern
Italy
traces
the
use
of
the
word
“femminicidio”
(or
“femicide”)
as
a
tool
to
mobilize
Italian
feminists,
particularly
the
Union
of
Women
in
Italy
(UDI).
Based
on
nearly
two
years
of
fieldwork
among
feminist
activists,
Giovanna
Parmigiani
takes
a
broad
look
at
the
many
ways
in
which
violence
inflects
the
lives
of
women
in
Italy.
From
unchallenged
gendered
grammar
rules
to
the
representation
of
women
as
victims,
Parmigiani
examines
the
devaluing
of
women’s
contribution
to
their
communities
through
the
words
and
experiences
of
the
women
she
interviews.
She
describes
the
first
uses
of
the
word
“femminicidio”
as
a
political
term
used
by
and
within
feminist
circles
and
traces
its
spread
to
ultimate
legitimization
and
national
relevance.
The
word
redefined
women
as
a
political
subject
by
building
an
imagined
community
of
potentially
violated
women.
In
doing
so,
it
challenged
Italians
to
consider
the
status
of
women
in
Italian
society,
and
to
make
this
status
a
matter
of
public
debate.
It
also
problematized
the
connection
between
women
and
tropes
of
women
as
objects
of
suffering
and
victimhood.
Parmigiani
considers
this
exchange
within
the
context
of
Italian
Catholic
heritage,
a
precarious
economy,
and
long-held
notions
of
honor
and
shame.
Parmigiani
provides
a
careful
and
searing
consideration
of
the
ways
in
which
representations
of
violence
and
the
politics
of
this
representation
are
shaping
the
future
of
women
in
Italy
and beyond.
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