Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Italian and Italian American Studies (IIAS)
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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."
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Reviews
“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)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Diana Moore is Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Revolutionary Domesticity in the Italian Risorgimento
Book Subtitle: Transnational Victorian Feminism, 1850–1890
Authors: Diana Moore
Series Title: Italian and Italian American Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75545-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75544-7Published: 15 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-75547-8Published: 16 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-75545-4Published: 14 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2635-2931
Series E-ISSN: 2635-294X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 282
Topics: History of Italy, History of Britain and Ireland, History, general, World History, Global and Transnational History