Title: Feminism and Patriarchy in the Shadow of the Cold War

Abstract: The presentation is an extract from my new book “Lurking Cold War” where I make an argument about historical communion – history that matters in ways that matter. Two of the protagonists in north Italy, Giorgia and Eleonora are resigned to a life in a nation-state engulfed in right-wing nationalism. They explore the 2022 election of Giorgia Meloni within the framework of a continuing Cold War. The lurking Cold War lives on in literature, education systems, and family politics. They introduce intersections between personal beliefs, the structures of Italian family and society, and feminist literary and philosophical inspirations.