Debating Divorce in Italy: Marriage and the Making of Modern Italians, 1860-1974 (Italian and Italian American Studies)

The Popular Referendum Of 1974 Which Affirmed Italy's Recently-won Divorce Law Is Widely Regarded As A Turning Point In Modern Italian History, But The Long Story Behind That Struggle Has Remained Largely Unfamiliar. Using The Debates Over Divorce As A Lens, This Book Is A Study Of The Quest To Modernize Italy, Italians, And Italian Marriage. Although The 1974 Referendum Settled Italy's 'divorce Question, ' The Issues At The Heart Of That Question - Particularly The Relationship Between Individual Rights, The State, And Religion - Remain Central To Modern Politics.--publisher's Website. Making Italians: Marriage And The Family In United Italy, 1860-1878 -- Unmaking Marriage? The First Proposals For A Divorce Law, 1878-1880 -- Divorce Italian Style? Marriage Breakdown, 1960-1880 -- Real Italy Versus Legal Italy: Catholic Mobilization, Conservative Traditions, And Divorce, 1881-1900 -- Divorce Between Liberalism And Socialism, 1900-1902 -- From The Failure Of Reform To The Lateran Pacts, 1902-1929 -- Remaking Italians? From Fascism To The Republic, 1929-1964 -- Loris Fortuna And The Divorzisti, 1964-1970 -- Let The People Decide, 1970-1974. Mark Seymour. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [267]-281) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction: Patria, Famiglia, Libertà!......Page 12 1 Making Italians: Marriage and the Family in United Italy, 1860–1878......Page 22 2 Unmaking Marriage? The First Proposals for a Divorce Law, 1878–1880......Page 46 3 Divorce Italian Style? Marriage Breakdown, 1860–1880......Page 70 4 Real Italy versus Legal Italy: Catholic Mobilization, Conservative Traditions, and Divorce, 1881–1900......Page 96 5 Divorce between Liberalism and Socialism, 1900–1902......Page 124 6 From the Failure of Reform to the Lateran Pacts, 1902–1929......Page 146 7 Remaking Italians? From Fascism to the Republic, 1929–1964......Page 174 8 Loris Fortuna and the Divorzisti, 1964–1970......Page 200 9 Let the People Decide, 1970–1974......Page 224 Conclusion: Divorcing Tradition......Page 234 Notes......Page 242 Bibliography......Page 278 C......Page 294 D......Page 295 G......Page 296 M......Page 297 O......Page 298 R......Page 299 U......Page 300 Z......Page 301