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«Tutto ciò risponde alle mie irrequiete aspirazioni»

I viaggi di Alba Felter Sartori nella colonia italiana

Abstract

Alba Felter Sartori travelled alone through different Italian colonies in Africa in the 1930s and her travelogue was informed by the fascist ideology. In this paper I argue that the travel becomes for her an occasion of empowerment, since it allows her to perform in ways that in her motherland were not permitted. The colony becomes, in her experience, an occasion to challenge gender rules and her identity. Of equal importance is the fact that writing turns into an opportunity for public acknowledgment.


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Published Oct. 28, 2020 | Language: it

Keywords Alba Felter Sartori • Italian colonialism • Travel literature

Copyright © 2020 Silvia Camilotti. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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