Claiming a tradition
Subtitle: Italian American women writers
By: Mary Jo Bona.
Series: Ad feminam
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: American literature -- Italian American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- United States -- History; Italian American women -- Intellectual life; American literature -- Italian influences; Italian Americans in literature; Italy -- In literature
Description: "Mary Jo Bona reconstructs the literary history and examines the narrative techniques of eight Italian American women's novels from 1940 to the present. Largely neglected until recently, these women's family narratives compel a reconsideration of what it means to be a woman and an ethnic in America."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-241) and index.