{"product_id":"the-crisis-woman-natasha-v-chang-9781442649675","title":"The Crisis-Woman: Body Politics and the Modern Woman in Fascist Italy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFemininity in the form of the \u003cem\u003edonna-crisi\u003c\/em\u003e, or \"crisis-woman,\" was a fixture of fascist propaganda in the early 1930s. A uniquely Italian representation of the modern woman, she was cosmopolitan, dangerously thin, and childless, the antithesis of the fascist feminine ideal - the flashpoint for a range of anxieties that included everything from the changing social roles of urban women to the slippage of stable racial boundaries between the Italian nation and its colonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a rich assortment of scientific, medical, and popular literature, Natasha V. Chang's \u003cem\u003eThe Crisis-Woman\u003c\/em\u003e examines the \u003cem\u003edonna-crisi\u003c\/em\u003e's position within the gendered body politics of fascist Italy. Challenging analyses of the era which treat modern and transgressive women as points of resistance to fascist power, Chang argues that the crisis-woman was an object of negativity within a gendered narrative of fascist modernity that pitted a sterile and decadent modernity against a healthy and fertile fascist one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natasha V. Chang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442649674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442649675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2015 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2015","brand":"Natasha V. Chang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48622246035711,"sku":"9781442649675","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-crisis-woman-natasha-v-chang-9781442649675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}