Lapis was a feminist magazine based in Milan, Italy, with the subtitle Percorsi della riflessione femminile (Italian: Paths of female reflection).[1] It was in circulation between 1987 and 1996.
| Director | Lea Melandri |
|---|---|
| Categories | Feminist magazine |
| Frequency |
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| Publisher | Tartaruga |
| Founder | Lea Melandri |
| Founded | 1987 |
| First issue | November 1987 |
| Final issue | December 1996 |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Milan |
| Language | Italian |
History and profile edit
Lapis was launched in 1987, and the first issue appeared in November that year.[2] The founder was a feminist theorist, Lea Melandri.[3] The magazine was started to document the women's transversal reflections[2] and was an independent feminist publication.[4]
The publisher of the magazine changed over time. A company in Milan, Faenza, was the publisher from June 1989.[1] Then the magazine was published on a quarterly basis by a feminist publishing house, Tartaruga, in Milan from March 1993.[1][5] Later the frequency of the magazine was switched to monthly.[6]
Lea Melandri was also the director of Lapis from its start to its closing in 1996.[7][8] Its notable contributors included Giuliana Bruno, Giovanna Grignaffini, Paola Melchiori, Adriana Monti, Maria Nadotti and Patrizia Violi.[9]
Lapis covered a wide variety of topics from women in workforce to their contributions to cultural development.[5] The magazine had a regular section on cinema.[9] Its last issue appeared in December 1996.[1] The magazine produced 32 issues during its run.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Lista dei periodici" (in Italian). Fondazione Gramsci Emilia-Romagna.
- ^ a b "Lapis Percorsi della riflessione femminile" (in Italian). Biblioteca delle Donne. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Giovanni Zaccherini (5 August 2016). "Amore e violenza". Wall Street Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Elena Vacchelli (2014). "Gender and the city: intergenerational spatial practices and women's collective action in Milan". Les Cahiers du CEDREF (21). doi:10.4000/cedref.1001.
- ^ a b Maria Ines Bonatti (1997). "Feminist periodicals 1970-". In Rinaldina Russell (ed.). The Feminist Encyclopedia of Italian Literature. Westport, Connecticut; London: Greenwood Press. pp. 103–105. ISBN 978-0313294358.
- ^ "Feminist Duration Reading Group: Lea Melandri, Love and Violence". Space Studios. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Franca Fossati (Spring 1994). "A new phase of reconstruction". Connexions (in Italian) (45): 16–19.
- ^ Federica Perinzano (17 May 2021). "Questo corpo". Nido. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ a b Giuliana Bruno (1989). "The Image (and the) Movement: An Overview of Italian Feminist Research". Camera Obscura. 7 (2–3): 31, 37. doi:10.1215/02705346-7-2-3_20-21-28.
- ^ Francesca Sensini (2022). "Quand la trace écrite dessine le parcours de l'autonomie: l'expérience de la revue Lapis". Laboratoire italien (in French) (28). doi:10.4000/laboratoireitalien.8269.