Researcher in women's writing, food and emotion studies. Italianist.
“… each of the well-researched, interdisciplinary chapters presents clear arguments as well as a variety of perspectives. Consequently, academics in various fields in the humanities and social sciences will find something of interest in its pages. … it is a valuable contribution to academic literature on various interdisciplinary topics in areas such as cultural memory, trauma, Read More ...
“The readings of each of the writers considered here are detailed, thoughtful, provocative and theoretically grounded. The investigation of the corporeal in the narratives offers an alternative way of reading them, which is frequently enlightening and always interesting, while the techniques employed could well prove illuminating for other writers not under consideration. Patrizia Sambuco’s study Read More ...
“Including essays on a wide selection of well-known and less-known women writers of the last two centuries, this useful collection is arranged in sections devoted to the topics of spatial and cultural boundaries, border identities, and excluded, marginalised identities (including migrant writers). … It is pleasing that this well-constructed volume treats not only narrative but Read More ...
Due anni dopo l’edizione originale in lingua inglese … esce anche in italiano il bel volume di Patrizia Sambuco dedicato alla ricognizione di un tema tanto interessante quanto complessivamente poco indagato: il legame tra figlie e madri nel romanzo italiano del Novecento. L’autrice, residente da molti anni all’estero, è una docente universitaria di Italian Studies, Read More ...
I have wide and international experience of teaching and research in higher education: I have worked in universities in England, Scotland, and Australia, and have been published in US, Canada, UK, Italy. My main areas of research and teaching are modern and contemporary Italian culture.
My interests include women’s history and writing, travel writing, food studies, cinema, fascism, colonial writings, feminist theories.
