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Writing with an Accent
Edvige Giunta
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Description for Writing with an Accent
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 266.
Mary Cappello, Louise DeSalvo, Sandra M. Gilbert, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Carole Maso, Agnes Rossi. These are some of the best-known Italian American writers today. They are part of a literary tradition with mid-twentieth century roots that began to develop, in earnest, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. During those decades, a number of Italian American women, such as Helen Barolini, began to publish books that depicted their perspectives on life through the critical lenses of gender, class, and ethnicity. At the end of the twentieth century, this literature finally blossomed into a fully fledged cultural movement that also took ... Read more
Mary Cappello, Louise DeSalvo, Sandra M. Gilbert, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Carole Maso, Agnes Rossi. These are some of the best-known Italian American writers today. They are part of a literary tradition with mid-twentieth century roots that began to develop, in earnest, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. During those decades, a number of Italian American women, such as Helen Barolini, began to publish books that depicted their perspectives on life through the critical lenses of gender, class, and ethnicity. At the end of the twentieth century, this literature finally blossomed into a fully fledged cultural movement that also took ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312294694
SKU
V9780312294694
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99-15
About Edvige Giunta
Edvige Giunta is Associate Professor of English at New Jersey City University. She and Louise DeSalvo are the coeditors for the upcoming The Milk of Almonds, an anthology on Italian American women writing about food.
Reviews for Writing with an Accent
"I ve hungered for a book like this! Edi Giunta may have written specifically about Italian American women writers but I ve found it to be universal in many, many illuminating ways." - Nancy Savoca, filmmaker "In language that is as lyrical as it is lucid, Edvige Giunta infuses new meaning into the voicing of accents, moving ... Read more