Spatialities In Italian American Women?ÇÖS Literature: Beyond The Mean Streets (Interdisciplinary Research In Gender)

Examining the family saga as an instrument of literary analysis of writing by Italian American women, this book argues that the family saga 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 analysing 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.

• | Author: Eva. Pelayo-Sanudo
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: July 06, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 170 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1032002247
• | ISBN-13: 9781032002248