Revolutionary Domesticity in the Italian Risorgimento
Autor: | Moore, Diana |
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EAN: | 9783030755447 |
Auflage: | 001 |
Sachgruppe: | Geschichte |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 300 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 15.07.2021 |
Untertitel: | Transnational Victorian Feminism, 1850¿1890 |
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"This book examines how a group of transnational British-Italian women affiliated with the exiled patriots of the Italian Left repurposed traditionally feminine activities, such as fundraising, gift-giving, maternity, and memory collection, to make a substantial contribution to Italian Unification and state-building. Through their actions, Mary Chambers, Sara Nathan, Giorgina Saffi, Julia Salis Schwabe, and Jessie White Mario transcended the boundaries of acceptable behavior for middle-class women and participated in the broader female emancipation movement. By drawing attention to their activities, this book reveals how nineteenth-century female activists achieved their most revolutionary goals by using conservative, domestic, or anti-Catholic language. Adding to the growing understanding of the Italian Risorgimento as a transnational phenomenon, it also shows how non-Catholic and non-Italian women participated in the creation and development of the Italian state. Finally, the bookargues for the continuing importance of religion in both politics and philanthropy throughout the nineteenth century."