As the economic miracle of the 1950s and 1960s transformed Italy from a poor and largely rural nation into a prosperous, modern one, attitudes to love changed too. This book draws on unpublished personal testimonies of ordinary men and women, exploring their thoughts on courtship, marriage, honour, forced marriage, jealousy, and marriage breakdown.
As the economic miracle of the 1950s and 1960s transformed Italy from a poor and largely rural nation into a prosperous, modern one, attitudes to love changed too. This book draws on unpublished personal testimonies of ordinary men and women, exploring their thoughts on courtship, marriage, honour, forced marriage, jealousy, and marriage breakdown.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Niamh Cullen is a lecturer in modern European history at Queen's University Belfast. Her work focuses on the social and cultural history of modern Italy and particularly on the post-1945 'economic miracle' period. She was previously a lecturer at the University of Southampton and an Irish Research Council/Marie Curie co-funded fellow at University College Dublin and the University of Milan.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * 1: 'Who to choose'? Finding a suitable marriage partner * 2: 'Forgive me, love... It was stronger than I am': Negotiating intimacy and sexuality * 3: Where violence and love meet: Honour and Italian society * 4: 'Love means jealousy': A Jealousy epidemic in post-war Italy? * 5: 'The marriage outlaws': Experiences of marriage breakdown before divorce * Conclusion
* Introduction * 1: 'Who to choose'? Finding a suitable marriage partner * 2: 'Forgive me, love... It was stronger than I am': Negotiating intimacy and sexuality * 3: Where violence and love meet: Honour and Italian society * 4: 'Love means jealousy': A Jealousy epidemic in post-war Italy? * 5: 'The marriage outlaws': Experiences of marriage breakdown before divorce * Conclusion
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