Autobiographical Cultures in Post-War Italy: Life-Writing, Communism and Feminism
Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNIST AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, 1944-1956: ADMINISTRATIVE IDENTIFICATION AND NARRATIVE IDENTITY -- Communist autobiographies: Origins -- The Italian way to autobiographical control: Elements of context -- The communist autobiography: Plot and story -- 2 EMINIST SELF-ENUNCIATION: BETWEEN SILENCE AND INFINITE SPEECH -- The paradox of emancipation and its autobiographical strategies -- Paranoia: The infinite discourse -- Schizophrenia and catatonia: Poetry, dreams and discursive hesitations -- 3 THE REMAINS OF TWO TRADITIONS: INSTITUTIONAL MONUMENTS AND IMPOSSIBLE MOURNING -- After the end: The collapse of communism and the self-narrative -- Late feminist autobiographies: The journey towards legitimacy and normality -- Echoes of the origins: The autobiographies of Giorgio Napolitano and Laura Lepetit -- Giorgio Napolitano: The man who made himself an institution -- Laura Lepetit: Feminism as distraction -- CONCLUSIONS -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Imprint.