American woman, Italian style [electronic resource] : Italian Americana's best writings on women / edited by Carol Bonomo Albright and Christine Palamidessi Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albright, Carol Bonomo.

Palamidessi Moore, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian American women--Social life and customs.

Italian American women.

Italian American women--Social conditions.

Italian American women--Biography.

Italian American women--Literary collections.

Sex role--United States.

Sex role.

Ethnicity--United States.

Ethnicity.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.

Summary:

With writings that span more than 35 years, this book 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.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-4128-9

0-8232-3177-1

OCLC:

726826642