This Body That Inhabits MeA collection of essays on the mysteries of the body from one of Italys leading postwar communist intellectuals. Politician, translator, and journalist Rossana Rossanda was the most important female left wing intellectual in post war Italy. Central to the Italian Communist Partys cultural wing during the 1950s and 60s, she left an indelible mark on the life of the mind. The essays in this volume, however, bring together Rossandas reflections on the