https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2 (Day 3. Assignment 1. Week 2. ) en-us 2019-07-01 20:21:32 UTC 2019-07-18 03:42:45 UTC hello@padlet.com borbigaspar https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371485292 2019-07-17 20:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371485292 borbigaspar https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371485831 2019-07-17 20:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371485831 borbigaspar https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371485932 After reading this article what is the take home message for you? 

]]> 2019-07-17 20:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371485932 klairification https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371494098 The take home message for me is that, through her fiction, Neera was promoting awareness and empathy for those with nervosismo by inviting the reader to step into the shoes of young women suffering from it. By avoiding the term hysteria, Neera reclassifies the symptoms as a social disorder, not a medical disease. In a time where it was seen as a mainly female disorder, and mental health in general was not widely talked about, Neera’s fiction was a way to subtly bring attention to the phenomenon, and sympathy towards those who had it. Because Neera’s position was that nervosismo was caused by the constricting social roles in the new, growing Italy, it let people examine the roles that they took for granted, and were introduced to the idea that their preordained roles in society (wife, mother, with no education and little opportunities) may not be ideal. It normalizes the fact that women have dreams and desires that go beyond what their role in society is, and that this can cause legitimate suffering.]]> 2019-07-17 23:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371494098 njgordon1 https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371517550 To me, I think the most powerful analysis does not come from Neera, but the author within the introduction. The author stated, " Her recommendation to women is that they should resign themselves to maternal and caring roles, and not take on so-called masculine roles in the public sphere as proto-feminist writers, politicians and intellectuals....nervosismo...are brought on by the accelerated speed of life in late nineteenth-century Italy and women’s hopes for emancipation and education. " This article focuses on educating others on this disorder that people once considered a disease, one that portrayed women as crazy. She tries to illuminate the fact that this disorder was not something that could necessarily be controlled by women, and it was definitely not one that should have painted them as crazy. What I found interesting about this is that her idea of women staying out of the way of men and not trying to gain equality demonstrates the opposite of what the book Teresa seems to try to portray in terms of straying away from societal norms. To me, this is really saying that women should not even attempt to receive education or any other freedom similar to men because it will inevitably lead to this disorder. I understand that the article is creating a sympathetic and understanding reaction from readers, but it also seems to tell women to sit down and follow along with whatever the men create within the society.]]> 2019-07-18 02:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371517550 klairification https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371527148 Nia, I was also really struck by Neera's recommendation that women should not try to get more freedom and education, and I agree that it doesn't seem like something I would expect the author of Teresa to say. I wonder if, at the time, women gaining equality seemed so impossible that Neera was recommending the only thing she thought COULD work to prevent nervosismo, not necessarily what she thought was best. Maybe she felt that women would always be thwarted if they tried to be on the same level as men, and so she was resigned not to try so as not to face the frustration of failing.]]> 2019-07-18 03:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/borbigaspar/ttwftrzsycf2/wish/371527148