Claiming a Tradition: Italian American Women Writers

by Mary Jo Bona

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.

Bona discusses the novels in pairs according to their focus on Italian American life. She first examines the traditions of italianit ...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809322587
• ISBN13: 9780809322589
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"