«A modern female identity». The autobiography of Ida Baccini
The life of the Florentine writer Ida Baccini (1850-1911) offers many insights in the history of gender, education and women’s autobiography. She was one of the first Italian who managed to live with her work as a writer, not discouraging even in two exceptional circumstances in the socio-cultural c...
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| description | The life of the Florentine writer Ida Baccini (1850-1911) offers many insights in the history of gender, education and women’s autobiography. She was one of the first Italian who managed to live with her work as a writer, not discouraging even in two exceptional circumstances in the socio-cultural context of the second half of XIX century Italy: the annulment of her marriage to the sculptor Vincenzo Cerri and the birth of an illegitimate child. Ida had the courage to walk alone in the difficult world of publishing and journalism in Italy, a world traditionally male-dominated, and to tell her adventures in an autobiography that testifies her extraordinarystrength of character. Published in 1904, the book My life: autobiographical memories is one of the first Italian women’s autobiographies written according to standards that still now define this genre. This is an essential book if we want to investigate the beginning of the use of female writing as a claim both of identity, and moral and intellectual authority.
Received: 27/05/2013 / Accepted: 20/06/2013
How to reference this article
Cantatore, L. (2014). «Un’identità femminile moderna». L’autobiografia di Ida Baccini. Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, 1(1), pp. 31-54. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/ete.2014.001.001.002 |
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