Title The century of women : representation of women in eighteenth-century Italian public discourse / Rebecca Messbarger

Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) Series Toronto Italian studies Toronto Italian studies. Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note to the Reader""; ""Introduction: The Century of Women""; ""1 The Debate""; ""Women's Education""; ""The Text""; ""Vallisneri's Prologue""; ""Camposanpiero's Defence of the Education of Women""; ""Volpi � Against the Education of Women""; ""The Judgment""; ""Aretafila Savini De' Rossi's Rebuttal""; ""Conclusion""; ""2 The Very Fibre of Their Being: Antonio Conti's Materialist Argument for Women's Inferiority""; ""Conti's Intellectual Trajectory""; ""The Letter"" ""3 Palliated Resistance: Diamante Medaglia Faini on 'Which Studies Are Fitting for Women'""""Signifying the Feminine""; ""A Scientific Education for Women""; ""'Which Studies Are Fitting for Women'""; ""4 For the Public Good: Il Gaffé's 'Defence of Women'""; ""Historical Context and Political Designs of II Caffe""; ""'Difesa delle donne'""; ""5 Counter-Discourse: La donna galante ed erudita""; ""History of the Eighteenth-Century Italian Feminine Press""; ""Re-educating Women""; ""Fashioning Femininity""; ""Masking""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C"" De -- f -- g -- h -- i -- j -- k -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- z Summary Groundbreaking and original, this study is the first to examine the contribution of women to the Republic of Letters of the Settecento, and will revise prevailing notions of eighteenth-century Italian culture and academia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Women -- Italy -- History -- 18th century Women -- Italy -- History -- 18th century -- Sources Women -- Education -- Italy -- History -- 18th century Women -- Education -- Italy -- History -- 18th century -- Sources LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Women Women -- Education Italy Genre/Form Electronic books History Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442680661 1442680660

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