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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130140| Title: | Goffredo Parise and the female figure : an Italian writer's encounter with American post-physiognomy |
| Authors: | Rodler, Lucia |
| Keywords: | Physiognomy in literature Posthumanism in literature Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects Misogyny in literature Metaphor in literature Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects Italian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism |
| Issue Date: | 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Institute of Anglo-Italian Studies |
| Citation: | Rodler, L. (2019). Goffredo Parise and the female figure : an Italian writer's encounter with American post-physiognomy. Journal of Anglo-Italian Studies, 17, 101-113. |
| Abstract: | In the 1960s Goffredo Parise made use of a series of interesting similes to describe the men and women of his time. The similarity between human being and animal gave rise to comparisons with objects, which brought with it the end of traditional physiognomy. Can this rhetorical choice which was deeply influenced by American post-physiognomy be considered a lucid and visionary anticipation of posthumanism? How did it shape Parise's depiction of the female figure? |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130140 |
| ISSN: | 15602168 |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal of Anglo-Italian Studies, vol. 17 |
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