Women, Terrorism, and Trauma in Italian Culture [electronic resource] /
Glynn, R.author.
Addressing cultural representations of women's participation in the political violence and terrorism of the Italian anni di piombo ('years of lead', c. 1969-83), this book conceptualizes Italy's experience of political violence during those years as a form of cultural and collective trauma.
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Cover; Women, Terrorism, and Trauma in Italian Culture; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The anni di piombo, Women, and Trauma; Events and Problems of Terminology; The Female Face of Italian Terrorism and the Feminist Question; The anni di piombo, Collective Memory, and Cultural Trauma; Women, Collective Trauma, and Cultural  Representation: The Double Wound; Overview of the Volume; Chapter 1: Approaching Women,Terror, and Trauma inCultural Perspective; Feminist Approaches: Problems, Models, Limitations; Cultural Fantasies: Women, Society, and Nation; Women, Terror, Trauma
Gendering TraumaFrom Theory to Text; Chapter 2: Press Representations ofItalian Women Terrorists; The Female Terrorist in "Traditional" Mode: Margherita Cagol and Anna Maria Mantini; The Spectacular Threat of the Female Terrorist: Maria Pia Vianale and Franca Salerno; Escalating Anxiety: The Female Terroristbetween Cronaca and Opinion Page; Feminism under Fire; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Feminizing Terror: Pentitismo and the Cinema of Containment; Nucleo zero and the Feminization of Terrorism; Segreti Segreti and the Threat of the Female Terrorist
Diavolo in corpo and the Threat of the Female VictimConclusion; Chapter 4: Writing the Terrorist Self; Introducing the Postterrorist Author; Narrative Form and Perpetrator Speech; Perpetrator Speech between Confession and Trauma; Confessional Discourse and the Reconstruction of the Public Self; Trauma Discourse and Perpetrator Speech; Perpetrator Speech and a Discourse of Victimization; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Refeminizing the Female Terrorist; The Real-World Encounter: Sergio Lenci, Colpo alla nuca; The Fictional Encounter: Marco Bellocchio, Buongiorno, notte; Conclusion
Chapter 6: Romancing the Female TerroristLa seconda volta: Romantic Emplotment and Rape Fantasy; Rocco Carbone, Libera i miei nemici, and Revenge Fantasy; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Between Myth and Maternity: The Women of the "New Red Brigades"; The Women of the New Red Brigades and the Italian Cultural Imaginary; Nadia Lioce: Terrorist as Myth; Cinzia Banelli: Terrorist as Mother; Television Docudrama and the Women of the New Red Brigades: Attacco allo stato; Conclusion; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Addressing cultural representations of women's participation in the political violence and terrorism of the Italian anni di piombo ('years of lead', c. 1969-83), this book conceptualizes Italy's experience of political violence during those years as a form of cultural and collective trauma.
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