The Italian feminist revolution of 1968 was a revolution within a revolution and is still ongoing. The women’s movement was not merely an outgrowth of the 1968 uprising, it was integral to it. The ‘unexpected’ feminist subject presented a different conception of politics and transformation to the world. Ida Dominijanni, one of its main protagonists, will take us back to the origins of Italian feminism in order to help us uncover some of Italian feminism’s permanent characteristics: its relationship to theory and practice, the political notion of sexual difference it espoused, its focus on women’s freedom and women’s rights and its constant tension with mainstream politics.
Program
6:00 pm Introduction Debora Spini, NYU Florence
6.05 The Feminist Revolution in Italy Ida Dominijanni, Journalist, activist and scholar
