Feminism, Violence and Representation in Modern Italy. “We Are Witnesses, not Victims”

Abstract

uncontaminated landscapes they once inhabited. The animal’s presence raises questions of whether humans will ever restore the symbiotic equilibrium of the natural world and whether they will balance the scale weighed down by the exploitation of non-human creatures. While these questions remain unanswered by humans, Iovino’s analysis evokes a barren landscape littered with the defiled carcasses of animals. Italo Calvino’s Animals considers the implications of such unresponsiveness and invites humanity to take collective action to prevent the sixth mass extinction before it is too late.