Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 363 p)
Edition:
[1st ed.]
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780823231751
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9780823231768
Uniform Title:
Italian Americana.
Content:
With writings that span more than thirty-five years, American Woman, Italian Style is a rich collection of essays that fleshes out the realities of today's Italian American women and explores the myriad ways they continue to add to the American experience.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Education, Work, and Home Life -- Narratives of Nine Italian-American Women -- ''Why, It's Mother'' -- Connecting Spheres -- Education in the Autobiographies of Four Italian Women Immigrants -- Traditional Roles and Modern Work Patterns -- Italian Americans, 1990-2000 -- Italian-Jewish Intermarriage -- Gender Relations among Italian Americans -- Food, Recipes, Cookbooks, and Italian-American Life -- The Tradition of Invention -- Italian-American Cookbooks -- Immigrant Kitchens, Community Cookbooks, and Italian-American Life -- A Taste of Memories -- The Italian Immigrant Kitchen -- Literature -- Transformation in the Verbal Art of Clementina Todesco -- The Novels of Mari Tomasi -- Breaking the Silence -- Lucy Mancini -- Foodways in Italian-American Narrative -- In Our Ears, a Voice -- Mary Caponegro, Prize-Winning American Writer in Rome -- Mary di Michele's Elegies -- Interview with Sandra (Mortola) Gilbert -- Simona Griffo, Detective Hero -- Writing Life, Writing History -- Art, Music, and Film -- Concetta Scaravaglione, Italian-American Sculptor -- Rosa Ponselle, Incomparable Diva -- Nancy Savoca -- Studies about Italian-American Women -- Italian-American Women -- Materials from Arno Press -- Italian Women in America -- Contributors -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Education, Work, and Home Life""; ""Narratives of Nine Italian-American Women""; ""��Why, It�s Mother��""; ""Connecting Spheres""; ""Education in the Autobiographies of Four Italian Women Immigrants""; ""Traditional Roles and Modern Work Patterns""; ""Italian Americans, 1990�2000""; ""Italian-Jewish Intermarriage""; ""Gender Relations among Italian Americans""; ""Food, Recipes, Cookbooks, and Italian-American Life""; ""The Tradition of Invention""; ""Italian-American Cookbooks""
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""Immigrant Kitchens, Community Cookbooks, and Italian-American Life""""A Taste of Memories""; ""The Italian Immigrant Kitchen""; ""Literature""; ""Transformation in the Verbal Art of Clementina Todesco""; ""The Novels of Mari Tomasi""; ""Breaking the Silence""; ""Lucy Mancini""; ""Foodways in Italian-American Narrative""; ""In Our Ears, a Voice""; ""Mary Caponegro, Prize-Winning American Writer in Rome""; ""Mary di Michele�s Elegies""; ""Interview with Sandra (Mortola) Gilbert""; ""Simona Griffo, Detective Hero""; ""Writing Life, Writing History""; ""Art, Music, and Film""
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""Concetta Scaravaglione, Italian-American Sculptor""""Rosa Ponselle, Incomparable Diva""; ""Nancy Savoca""; ""Studies about Italian-American Women""; ""Italian-American Women""; ""Materials from Arno Press""; ""Italian Women in America""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780823231775
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780823231751
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe American Woman, Italian Style : Italian Americana's Best Writings on Women
Language:
English
