Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Psychoanalytic Accounts of Sexual Difference: Luce Irigaray and Italian Feminism 10
6. 2. Elsa Morante’s Menzogna e sortilegio: The Incorporeal Bond 45
7. 3. Francesca Sanvitale’s Madre e figlia: Bodies of Pain and Imagination 75
8. 4. Mariateresa Di Lascia’s Passaggio in ombra: The Maternal as Expression of Desire and Corporeality 103
9. 5. Elena Ferrante’s L’amore molesto: The Renegotiation of the Mother’s Body 129
10. 6. Elena Stancanelli’s Benzina: The Surreal Mother-Daughter Relationship and New Possibilities 152
11. Conclusion 173
12. Notes 181
13. Bibliography 197
14. Index 209