| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Education, Work, and Home Life -- Narratives of Nine Italian-American Women: Childhood, Work, and Marriage / Elizabeth G. Messina -- "Why, It's Mother": The Italian Mothers' Clubs of New York / Lorett Treese -- Connecting Spheres: Women's Work and Women's Lives in Milwaukee's Italian Third Ward / Diane C. Vecchio -- Education in the Autobiographies of Four Italian Women Immigrants / Maria Parrino -- Traditional Roles and Modern Work Patterns: Italian-American Women in New York City / William Egelman -- Italian Americans, 1990 -- 2000: A Demographic Analysis of National Data / William Egelman -- Italian-Jewish Intermarriage: The Italian-American Spouse / Michael D'Angelo -- Gender Relations among Italian Americans / Richard Gambino -- Food, Recipes, Cookbooks, and Italian-American Life: An Introduction / Donna Gabaccia -- The Tradition of Invention: Reading History through La cucina casareccia napoletana / Carol Helstosky -- Italian-American Cookbooks: From Oral to Print Culture / Donna Gabaccia -- Immigrant Kitchens, Community Cookbooks, and Italian-American Life: An Introduction / Donna Gabaccia -- A Taste of Memories / Catherine Tripalin Murray -- The Italian Immigrant Kitchen: A Journey into Identity / Cassandra Vivian -- Literature -- Transformation in the Verbal Art of Clementina Todesco / Carole Brown Knuth -- The Novels of Mari Tomasi / Alfred F. Rosa -- Breaking the Silence: An Interview with Tina De Rosa / Lisa A. Meyer -- Lucy Mancini: The New Woman / Paul Levitt -- Foodways in Italian-American Narrative / Rose De Angelis -- In Our Ears, a Voice: The Persistence of the Trauma of Immigration in Blue Italian and Umbertina / Mary Ann Mannino -- Mary Caponegro, Prize-Winning American Writer in Rome / Blossom S. Kirschenbaum -- Mary di Michele's Elegies / Nathalie Cooke -- Interview with Sandra (Mortola) Gilbert / Christina Bevilacqua -- Simona Griffo, Detective Hero: A Series of "Troublems" / Blossom S. Kirschenbaum -- Writing Life, Writing History: Italian-American Women and the Memoir / Edvige Giunta -- Art, Music, and Film -- Concetta Scaravaglione, Italian-American Sculptor / Carol Scarvalone Kushner -- Rosa Ponselle, Incomparable Diva / James Drake -- Nancy Savoca: An Appreciation / Jacqueline Reich -- Studies about Italian-American Women -- Italian-American Women: A Review Essay / Donna Gabaccia -- Materials from Arno Press: The Italian-American Woman / Maxine Seller -- Italian Women in America: Sources for Study / Betty Boyd Caroli. |
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Italian American women -- Social life and customs.
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Italian American women -- Social conditions.
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Italian American women -- Biography.
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Italian American women -- Literary collections.
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Sex role -- United States.
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Ethnicity -- United States.
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
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| Added Author |
Albright, Carol Bonomo.
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Palamidessi Moore, Christine.
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| Added Title |
Italian Americana.
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| ISBN |
9780823231751 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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0823231755 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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9780823231768 (paper ;) (alk. paper) |
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0823231763 (paper ;) (alk. paper) |
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9780823231775 (ebook) |
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0823231771 (ebook) |
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