Lapis (magazine)

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Lapis
Director Lea Melandri
CategoriesFeminist magazine
Frequency
  • Quarterly
  • Monthly
PublisherTartaruga
FounderLea Melandri
Founded1987
First issueNovember 1987
Final issueDecember 1996
CountryItaly
Based in Milan
LanguageItalian

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.

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 run. [10]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Lapis Percorsi della riflessione femminile" (in Italian). Biblioteca delle Donne. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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  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 .