A comprehensive collection of texts from the most influential and
iconic figure of Italian second-wave feminism.
Recently rediscovered in Italy and abroad, the works of Carla Lonzi tend
to fall under the remit of art history or feminist theory. Art
historians focus on the texts written in the 1960s, when Lonzi was still
actively working as a critic, whereas feminist scholars engage with her
more openly political interventions, published after her declared
embrace of a separatist feminism. In 1970 Lonzi decided to leave the art
world for good and dedicate herself to her newly founded feminist
collective, Rivolta Femminile. While recognizing the break in Lonzi's
life and work, this anthology maps the overall arc of her intellectual
and political production, giving equal weight to her seminal
contributions to art criticism and her trailblazing feminist writings. A
comprehensive collection of texts from the most influential and iconic
figure of Italian second-wave feminism, Feminism in Revolt seeks to
shed light on Lonzi's versatile approach to literary genres and
compositions by juxtaposing essayistic texts, poems, diary excerpts, and
manifestos.
