The case of Franca Viola: debating gender, nation and modernity in 1960s Italy
| Autor: | Niamh Cullen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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History
media_common.quotation_subject 050801 communication & media studies Human sexuality Franca Viola honour crime Sicily 1960s gender masculinity sexual violence Backwardness 060104 history 0508 media and communications 0601 history and archaeology Viola media_common Sexual violence SDG 5 - Gender Equality Modernity SDG 16 - Peace Justice and Strong Institutions 05 social sciences Gender studies 06 humanities and the arts language.human_language Masculinity National identity language Sicilian |
| Zdroj: | Cullen, N 2016, ' The case of Franca Viola: Debating Gender, Nation and Modernity in 1960s Italy ', Contemporary European History, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 97-115 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777315000491 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0960777315000491 |
| Popis: | Seventeen-year-old Sicilian Franca Viola was abducted and raped in 1965, with the intention of forcing her into marriage. She came to prominence in 1966 as the first Sicilian woman to refuse a so-called reparatory marriage – which would have legally absolved her rapist of his crime – resulting in his prosecution in a high profile trial in December 1966. Through an examination of the media coverage, and by making use of history of the emotions, this article examines the trial as a crucial moment for post-war Italy, when gender, sexuality and marriage were being redefined in a rapidly changing society. Different emotional styles could be connected to debates about national identity and regional character, as well as to broader anxieties about ‘modernity’ and ‘backwardness’. |
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