ITAS 235 - Women in Modern Italy

What dramatic shifts occurred in women’s roles in Italy from the late 19th to the 21st C.? We approach this question from a social, scientific, political, economic and artistic perspective. Interrelated topics include: gender and LGBTQIA+ issues; women under fascism; migration and colonialism; representations of wives and mothers; women in the workforce; women’s political victories (suffrage and divorce); and personal and collective struggles for sexual self-determination. Readings include Sibilla Aleramo’s famous autobiographical novel, A Woman (1906), and works by Maria Messina, Dacia Maraini, Alba De Céspedes. Lectures, discussions, readings, films and papers in English. Italian majors and minors may select to do readings and papers in Italian.

Credits 4

Notes
Course taught in English. Cross-listed with WGS 235

Area
Humanities

Connection
23006

Division
Arts and Humanities

Compass Attributes
Global Honors, Humanities, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars