{"product_id":"womens-work-in-post-war-italy-an-oral-and-filmic-history-9781789388121","title":"Women's Work in Post-war Italy: An Oral and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eItaly’s 1948 constitution states that Italy is a ‘republic founded upon work’. This book explores women’s labour following World War Two and Italy’s new republic. It focuses its enquiry on three sectors: agriculture (rice weeders), fashion (seamstresses), and religious work (nuns). It studies original oral history interviews and compares women’s own words with their representation in film.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn Italy, both war and national reconstruction have typically been framed as masculine undertakings. This book shifts that frame to investigate the labour that Italian women were doing at this critical time of political, social, and ideological change. By examining (filmed) oral history interviews and postwar fiction films, the book brings a vivid, engaging, and cross-disciplinary account of women’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHistorical studies of Italian women’s work in this period are scarce, short, and almost never in English; this work addresses that critical gap. Film histories almost invariably study women for their beauty and on-screen sexuality; this work critiques and moves beyond this bias. Oral history studies aim to give voice to the under-represented; this book shares that goal.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe book is interested in how women’s work was viewed by society and by women workers themselves. Critical analysis of films produced between 1945 and 1965 reveals tensions around women workers’ financial, sexual, intellectual, and spatial independence. Oral histories reveal little-discussed professions and women’s experiences in the workplace. These interviews expose the profound difference work made to women’s lives, and the joys and dilemmas of this difference. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNotes on the Text\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSECTION 1: AGRICULTURE – RICE WEEDERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e1.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Brief History of Rice Weeders in Italy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Earth and Rebirth: Filmic Representations of Rice Weeders\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Martyrs Without Medals: Oral Histories of Rice Weeders\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSECTION 2: TEXTILES – SEAMSTRESSES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e4.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Brief History of Seamstresses in Post-war Italy \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Modern Women: Filmic Representations of Seamstresses\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cinderella Stories: Oral Histories of Seamstresses \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSECTION 3: RELIGIOUS WORK – NUNS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e7.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Brief History of Nuns in Post-war Italy \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fallen Women: Filmic Representations of Nuns \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Professed Professionals: Oral Histories of Nuns \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBibliography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFilmography \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIndex of Interviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042579939671,"sku":"9781789388121","price":89.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789388121.jpg?v=1750954721","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/womens-work-in-post-war-italy-an-oral-and-filmic-history-9781789388121","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}