Women and the Reinvention of the Political

This book offers the first source-based and internationally contextualised analysis of the feminist movement that swept 1970s Italy, presenting a new interpretation of its origins, development, and long-term impact. It transforms our understanding of Italian politics and society during the crisis of the "long 1970s" by focusing on the relation between political conflict and gender roles. In addition, the book opens up new questions in the emerging international historiography on "second-wave" feminism.