Examining the family saga as an instrument of literary analysis of writing by Italian American women, this book argues that the genre represents a key strategy for Italian American female writers as a form which distinctly allows them to establish cultural, gender and literary traditions. Spaces are inherently marked by the ideology of the societies that create and practice them, and this volume engages with spaces of cultural and gendered identity, particularly those of the ‘mean streets’ in Italian American fiction, which provide a method of critically analyzing the configurations and representations of identity associated with the Italian American community. Key authors examined include Julia Savarese, Marion Benasutti, Tina De Rosa, Helen Barolini, Melania Mazzucco and Laurie Fabiano. This book is suitable for students and scholars in Literature, Italian Studies, Cultural Studies and Gender Studies.
| ISBN: | 9781032002248 |
| Publication date: | 6th July 2021 |
| Author: | Eva University of Cantabria, Italy Pelayo Sañudo |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 164 pages |
| Series: | Interdisciplinary Research in Gender |
| Genres: |
Gender studies, gender groups Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
Examining the family saga as an instrument of literary analysis of writing by Italian American women, this book argues that the genre represents a key strategy for Italian American female writers as a form which distinctly allows them to establish cultural, gender and literary traditions. Spaces are inherently marked by the ideology of the societies that create and practice them, and this volume engages with spaces of cultural and gendered identity, particularly those of the ‘mean streets’ in Italian American fiction, which provide a method of critically analyzing the configurations and representations of identity associated with the Italian American community. Key authors examined include Julia Savarese, Marion Benasutti, Tina De Rosa, Helen Barolini, Melania Mazzucco and Laurie Fabiano. This book is suitable for students and scholars in Literature, Italian Studies, Cultural Studies and Gender Studies.
Spatialities in Italian American Women’s Literature features in the following genres: Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Spatialities in Italian American Women’s Literature is available in Hardback
Spatialities in Italian American Women’s Literature was written by Eva University of Cantabria, Italy Pelayo Sañudo and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Spatialities in Italian American Women’s Literature has 164 pages
Yes it is part of Interdisciplinary Research in Gender series
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