Italian family matters : women, politics, and legal reform

Italian Family Matters examines the debates and political priorities that led to significant changes in the law and its relation to women and the family in postwar Italy. Informed by the feminist debates on these issues, it shows that both the need for and the limits to the demand for equality before the law can be used to show what a different ordering of the relations between the sexes could mean. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction....Pages 1-6 The Catholic Church....Pages 7-27 The PCI and the Development of The Woman Question....Pages 28-50 Divorce and the Family Law: Earlier History....Pages 51-68 Divorce and the Family Law: Post-War History....Pages 69-86 Abortion....Pages 87-101 Mothers who work....Pages 102-119 Conclusion....Pages 120-123 Back Matter....Pages 124-163 Lesley Caldwell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.