Grazia. Consigli che hanno formato le italiane. Un’analisi del discorso

Abstract

The present volume is the result of many years of research on the letters published in the agony column of Italian weekly magazine "Grazia". The author aims to show the evolution of women's social roles and of the models of femininity in the discourse of press and advice-giving in 20th century Italy, as well as to present the diachronic changes which occurred in the letters themselves. The analysis provides information on women’s interests and problems, the type of content promoted by the magazine and the solutions suggested by the agony aunts, drawing the reader’s attention to the constantly evolving relationship between sender and recipient, symptomatic of the changes that concerned not only the readers of female magazines, but Italian society in general.