Abstract
In this article I argue that Neera represents her protagonists’ experiences of psychosomatic symptoms as nervosismo rather than hysteria, thus seeking to counter and readdress notions of female sexuality and eroticism as threatening and unfathomable in the collective consciousness.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 101-122 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Italianist |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | supplement 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2010 |
Keywords
- neera
- refiguring
- hysteria
- nervosismo
- Teresa
- l'Indomani
- women writers