| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 107.4

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Book Review

Europe: Early Modern and Modern

Patrizia Gabrielli. Fenicotteri in Volo: Donne comuniste nel ventennio fascista. (Ricerche, number 41.) Rome: Carocci. 1999. Pp. 263. L. 32,000.

The literature on the history of the origins of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) has so far been primarily concerned with high politics, namely the inner disputes taking place within the party's leadership after Antonio Gramsci's imprisonment, and the Italian Communists' relationships with the Third International. Little research has been done on the rank and file and its "mental furniture," or what the French call mentalités. Issues such as the militants' reception of the party's ethos and ideology remain poorly investigated. Moreover, with the exception of works such as those by Giovanni De Luna, Victoria De Grazia, or Anna Buttafuoco, little attention has been paid to a gender perspective that addresses women militants within the PCI as a distinct group and focuses on their specific motivations, aspirations, and patterns of participation in the PCI organization. Patrizia Gabrielli's book is thus an important and original contribution, which scholars interested in the history of communism and of the Italian feminist movement cannot but welcome. . . .

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