'If war needs to be waged, then I will wage it as well’: Joyce Lussu and women’s antifascisms during the Italian Civil War copertina

'If war needs to be waged, then I will wage it as well’: Joyce Lussu and women’s antifascisms during the Italian Civil War

'If war needs to be waged, then I will wage it as well’: Joyce Lussu and women’s antifascisms during the Italian Civil War

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In this episode, Remy Biggs discusses his research on women in the resistance during the Italian Civil War through the case study of Joyce Lussu.


Remy Biggs is a historian and information professional entering his final year of study for his PhD at Trinity College Dublin under Dr. Molly Pucci. His thesis focuses mainly upon internal colonialism and its impact upon Italian Marxist thinkers and antifascist resistance efforts in southern Italy. He can be reached at biggsr@tcd.ie for further information.


Further reading:

Alano, Jomarie. “Armed with a Yellow Mimosa: Women’s Defence and Assistance Groups in Italy, 1943-45.” Journal of Contemporary History 38, no. 4 (2003): 615–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220094030384006.

D’Amelio, Daniel. “Italian Women in the Resistance, World War II.” Italian Americana 19, no. 2 (Summer 2001).

Lussu, Joyce. L’uomo Che Voleva nascere Donna. Milano, IT: Mazzotta editore, 1978.

Pojmann, Wendy. “‘Join Us in Rebuilding Italy’: Women’s Associations, 1946–1963.” Journal of Women’s History 20, no. 4 (2008): 82–104. https://doi.org/10.1353/jowh.0.0036.

Robinson, Nicole Hardy. “Out of Italy: Italian Women Exiled under Fascism Reimagine Home and the Italian Identity.” Dissertation, UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016.


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