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The Figure of Mother in Italian Cultural Image

The image of mother is an integral and inseparable part of Italian cultural picture. It has highly defined characteristics, which represent the image of Italy in the world but contemporarily are the same in national view of mother and in the everyday life. She is tender, always present, good willing, defined often as chioccia (brooding hen). But when children groves up she does not change, which can have impacts that daughters in love not always welcome. Her devotion in some cases can lead to theatrical sacrifice but even this is a part of folklore. The reality reflects itself in literature, and the second one can offer more facts and details to analyse and to think about. How much an image presented to other and presumed to be lived effectively can influence personal choices and behaviour, in positive or in negative way? How much of this image is really a part of everyday life? Is a mother a “saint” a priori? We can find answers to these questions through pages written by Italian female authors as Elsa Morante, Dacia Maraini and Francesca Sanvitale.

mother; italian culture; female literature

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