ITALIAN FEMINIST THOUGHT AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE EMPIRE

Abstract

İtalyan feminist düşüncesi halihazırda ne uluslararası seviyede, ne de Kadın Bilimleri Akademiyası nezdinde yüksek bir popülerlik kazanamamış olup, bunun yerine ancak, İtalyan Feminist Teorisi Uluslararası Edebiyat ve Eleştiri çevrelerinde kendine sabit bir yer edinmiştir. Bu pek tabii ki, İtalyan Feminist Düşüncesi’nin kendine özgü üretim ve yayım dağıtımından kaynaklanan bazı faktörlerle ilgilidir. Ancak, bir başka neden de aslında İtalyan Feminizminin kendi doğasında yer alan birtakım başka özellikler olduğu göz ardı edilmemelidir ki, işte bu nedenle bu çalışmanın amacı İtalyan feminist düşüncesine ve özellikle de ‘cinsel fark kavramına’ genel bir bakış açısı geliştirip, aynı zamanda uluslararası alandaki görünürlüğüne olumsuz etki eden öğelere dikkat çekmektir.

Keywords

• İtalyan
• feminist
• düşünce

ITALIAN FEMINIST THOUGHT AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE EMPIRE

Abstract

Italian feminist thought has not reached to-date a great popularity among a wide international audience nor has gained a recognized standing within the academic field of Women’s Studies. Instead, Italian feminist theories seem to have kept a constant marginal role on the international literary and critical scene. This is certainly the result of a combination of factors related to the particular way in which Italian feminist thought has been produced and distributed at international level. However a further cause, intrinsic within the same nature of Italian feminism, cannot be underestimated. Following this direction, this article intends to present an overview of the nature of Italian feminist thought with special attention to the ‘thought of sexual difference’, highlighting the elements that have negatively influenced its international visibility.

Keywords

• ITALIAN
• FEMINIST
• PERIPHERY

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