Revolutionary Domesticity in the Italian Risorgimento
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."
Diana Moore is Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, USA.
"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."
Examines transnational dimensions of Victorian feminism Reveals contributions of women to Italian Unification and state-building Highlights importance of religion, particularly anti-Catholicism, in nineteenth-century political and social movements
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Diana Moore
Themen in »Revolutionary Domesticity in the Italian Risorgimento«
Victor Emmanuel Italian Unification Giuseppe Mazzini Giuseppe Garibaldi Anglo-Italian relations Italian nationalism international feminist movement Italy and Britain British imperialism
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“Revolutionary Domesticity is a ground-breaking work that makes important contributions to Victorian studies. … it should inspire future comparative histories that expand our understanding of how and why people struggled to change the social and political order in Britain, Italy, and beyond. By defining the terms of ‘revolutionary domesticity’ so clearly.” (Allison Scardino Belzer, Victorian Studies, Vol. 65 (4), 2023)
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