Screen LibraryDebating divorce in Italy Marriage and the making of modern Italians, 1860-1974 /
The popular referendum of 1974 which affirmed Italy's recently-won divorce law is widely regarded as a turning point in modern Italian history, but the long story behind that struggle has remained largely unfamiliar. Using the debates over divorce as a lens, this book is a study of the quest to...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Italian and Italian American studies |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230601741 |
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The popular referendum of 1974 which affirmed Italy's recently-won divorce law is widely regarded as a turning point in modern Italian history, but the long story behind that struggle has remained largely unfamiliar. Using the debates over divorce as a lens, this book is a study of the quest to modernize Italy, Italians, and Italian marriage. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2007. |
| Carrier Form: | 304 p. |
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9781403972712 9780230601741 : 023060174X : |
| CLC: | C91 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Patria, Famiglia, Liberta! * Making Italians: Marriage and the Family in United Italy, 1860-1878 * Unmaking Marriage? The First Proposals for Divorce, 1878-1880 * Divorce, "Italian-Style": Marriage Breakdown,1860-1880 * Real Italy versus Legal Italy? Divorce, Catholic Mobilization, Conservative Traditions, 1881-1900 * Divorce between Liberalism and Socialism, 1900-1902 * From the Failure of Divorce Reform to the Lateran Pacts, 1902-1929 * Making Italians from Fascism to the Republic, 1929-1964 * Loris Fortuna and the Divorzisti, 1964-1970 * The Referendum on Divorce, 1970-1974 * Conclusion: Divorcing Traditions. |