From Margins to Mainstream: Feminism and Fictional Modes in Italian Women's Writing, 1968-199

by Carol Lazzaro-Weis

Overview

Carol Lazzaro-Weiss studies the fiction of twenty-five contemporary Italian women writers. Arguing for a notion of gender and genre, she runs counter to many Anglo-American and French feminist theorists who contend that traditional genres cannot readily serve as vehicles for feminist expression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812214383
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Professor of French and Italian at the University of Missouri, Carol Lazzaro-Weis is President of the American Association of Italian Studies, the largest association of university professors of Italian in North America, and serves on several editorial boards.