Lapis (magazine)

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.

Lapis
DirectorLea Melandri
CategoriesFeminist magazine
Frequency
  • Quarterly
  • Monthly
PublisherTartaruga
FounderLea Melandri
Founded1987
First issueNovember 1987
Final issueDecember 1996
CountryItaly
Based inMilan
LanguageItalian

History and profile

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 lifetime.[10]

References
  1. "Lista dei periodici" (in Italian). Fondazione Gramsci Emilia-Romagna.
  2. "Lapis Percorsi della riflessione femminile" (in Italian). Biblioteca delle Donne. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. Giovanni Zaccherini (5 August 2016). "Amore e violenza". Wall Street Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "Feminist Duration Reading Group: Lea Melandri, Love and Violence". Space Studios. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. Franca Fossati (Spring 1994). "A new phase of reconstruction". Connexions (in Italian) (45): 16–19.
  8. Federica Perinzano (17 May 2021). "Questo corpo". Nido. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
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