The political practice of self-help: the knolewledge about their body, a way to women’s liberation

Journal title STORIA E PROBLEMI CONTEMPORANEI
Author/s Federica Paoli
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/71
Language Italian Pages 26 P. 51-76 File size 301 KB
DOI 10.3280/SPC2016-071003
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The essay is about the feminist practice of self-help and analyses its political implications in women’s liberation movement in the ‘70s. This political practice was spread in Italy by feminist groups for women’s health. These groups are inspired by the American experiences about it, but they see the American pragmatic approach in an original way. In Italy these considerations about the body influence also the thoughts of political feminist groups not directly related to women’s health. This idea contributes to create a more complex vision of women’s movement

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Federica Paoli, La pratica politica del self-help: i saperi sul corpo, una via per la liberazione delle donne in "STORIA E PROBLEMI CONTEMPORANEI" 71/2016, pp 51-76, DOI: 10.3280/SPC2016-071003