Dispelling widespread views that female same-sex desire is virtually absent from Italian literature and cultural production in the modern era, this groundbreaking study demonstrates that narratives of lesbianism are significantly more numerous than has been previously asserted. Focusing on texts published between 1860 and 1939, the author traces and analyses the evolution of discourses on female same-sex desire in and across a wide variety of genres, whether popular bestsellers, texts with limited distribution and subject to censorship, or translations from other languages. All the works are...
Dispelling widespread views that female same-sex desire is virtually absent from Italian literature and cultural production in the modern era, this gr...
In the period 1940 to 1965 the female prostitute featured in at least ten per cent of all Italian-made films, but she cast her shadow over many more. With reference to the changing social and film industrial context, this book explains why the figure of the female prostitute was so prevalent in Italian cinema of this period and offers a new account of her on-screen presence. It shows that the prostitutes that populate Italian cinema are much more than simply 'tarts with hearts' or martyr figures. Via the constant reworking of the prostitute trope across genres, the figure takes us to the...
In the period 1940 to 1965 the female prostitute featured in at least ten per cent of all Italian-made films, but she cast her shadow over many mor...
China was the destination of choice for hundreds of prominent Italian authors during the twentieth century, and their travel narratives helped to shape Italian representations of the country. This study sheds new light on how China was viewed in relation to Italian culture and how this influenced the Italian readership.
China was the destination of choice for hundreds of prominent Italian authors during the twentieth century, and their travel narratives helped to shap...
