Lea Melandri (born 1941) is an Italian feminist scholar, journalist and writer. She is one of the leading feminists in Italy and is part of the second-wave feminist movement.[1][2] She has established various magazines and published books on feminist theory.
Lea Melandri | |
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| Born | Maddalena Melandri 1941 (age 82–83) |
| Alma mater | |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Free University for Women |
Biography
editMelandri was born in Fusignano in 1941.[3] She graduated from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.[3] Following her graduation she worked as a teacher.[3] Next she obtained her master's degree in history from the University of Bologna.[3] Then she continued to teach at secondary schools until her retirement in 1986.[3]
Melandri and Elvio Fachinelli started a radical feminist journal L’erba voglio in 1971 and edited it until 1978 when it folded.[4] Melandri established a feminist magazine, Lapis, in 1987 which existed until 1997.[3] She published articles in Noi donne, a feminist magazine.[5] She and other Milan-based Italian feminists, including Ciulia Alberti, Paola Melchiori and Adriana Monti, organized activities with housewives and factory workers between 1979 and 1983.[6]
Her book L’infamia originaria was published in 1977.[4] Her another book was translated into English under the title of Love and Violence: The Vexatious Factors of Civilization in 2019.[4] She has also written poems.[1] She has contributed to the daily newspaper Il manifesto, and in one of her articles she bitterly criticized Pope Benedict XVI in 2004 due to his letter containing a conservative and traditionalist view about women.[7]
Melandri teaches at Free University for Women in Milan of which she has been the president since 2011.[8]
Melandri is a member of the Global Information Society Watch.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Andrea Hajek (2018). "A Room of One's Own. Feminist Intersections between Space, Women's Writing and Radical Bookselling in Milan (1968–1986)". Italian Studies. 73 (1): 81–97. doi:10.1080/00751634.2018.1414376. S2CID 194823841.
- ^ Walter Stefano Baroni (2019). "The Personal is Political. Self-enunciation Strategies in Italian Second-wave Feminism". Life Writing. 16 (3): 329–344. doi:10.1080/14484528.2018.1469615. S2CID 158203287.
- ^ a b c d e f Annamaria Tagliavini. "Lea Melandri". Enciclopedia delle donne (in Italian).
- ^ a b c "Lea Melandri". Seagull Books. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ Franca Fossati (Spring 1994). "A new phase of reconstruction". Connexions (45): 16–19.
- ^ Giuliana Bruno (1989). "The Image (and the) Movement: An Overview of Italian Feminist Research". Camera Obscura. 7 (2–3): 32. doi:10.1215/02705346-7-2-3_20-21-28.
- ^ Paola Di Cori (2007). "Comparing Different Generations of Feminists: Precariousness versus Corporations?". Feminist Review. 87 (1): 138. doi:10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400376. S2CID 189906323.
- ^ Letizia Giangualano (13 December 2022). "Lea Melandri: "Il femminismo non ha fallito, sta cambiando il mondo"". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Lea Melandri". Global Information Society Watch. Retrieved 25 June 2023.