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  • Umbertina

    A Novel

    by Helen Barolini, Edvige Giunta ...
    The "panoramic, descriptive, and solidly crafted" historical novel of immigration, womanhood, and the feminist ideals of self-reliance and self-confidence ( Publishers Weekly).This sweeping, multi-generational novel begins in southern Italy's Calabria region in the late 1800s, as Umbertina—the wife of a simple farmer—persuades her husband to emigrate to the United States to pursue its promise of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vertigo

    A Memoir

    by Louise DeSalvo ...
    A scholar's memoir of growing up and the powerful forces that shaped her as a woman and a writer; "her story will inspire all women" ( Library Journal).In this honest and outspoken reflection on her childhood, Louise DeSalvo explores the many ways literature saved her, both emotionally and practically. Born to Italian immigrants during World War II, DeSalvo takes readers back to the emotional ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Milk of Almonds

    Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture

    Edited by Edvige Giunta, Louise DeSalvo ...
    "A vast, thoroughly wonderful assortment of poetry, memoirs and stories . . . that defines today's female Italian-American experience" ( Publishers Weekly).Often stereotyped as nurturing others through food, Italian-American women have often struggled against this simplistic image to express the realities of their lives.In this unique collection, over 50 Italian-American female writers speak in ... Read more

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  • Talking to the Girls

    Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    Edited by Edvige Giunta, Mary Anne Trasciatti ...
    Candid and intimate accounts of the factory-worker tragedy that shaped American labor rightsOn March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Asch Building in Greenwich Village, New York. The top three floors housed the Triangle Waist Company, a factory where approximately 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women and girls, labored to produce fashionable cotton blouses, known as ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Embroidered Stories

    Interpreting Women's Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora

    Edited by Edvige Giunta, Joseph Sciorra ...
    For Italian immigrants and their descendants, needlework represents a marker of identity, a cultural touchstone as powerful as pasta and Neapolitan music. Out of the artifacts of their memory and imagination, Italian immigrants and their descendants used embroidering, sewing, knitting, and crocheting to help define who they were and who they have become. This book is an interdisciplinary ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Personal Effects

    Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo

    by Emily Bernard, Mary-Jo Bona, Jenn Brandt, Amy Jo Burns, Kimberly A. Costino, Peter Covino, Jeana Del Rosso, Jennifer-Ann Di Gregori-Kightlinger, Joshua Fausty, Margaux Fragoso, John Gennari, Benjamin D. Hagen, Mark Hussey, Lia Ottaviano, Theodora Patrona, Kym Ragusa, Ilaria Serra, Julija Sukys, Anthony Julian Tamburri ...
    Series series Critical Studies in Italian America
    Celebrating one of the most important Italian American female authors of our time, Personal Effects offers a lucid view of Louise DeSalvo as a writer who has produced a vast and provocative body of memoir writing, a scholar who has enriched our understanding of Virginia Woolf, and a teacher who has transformed countless lives. More than an anthology, Personal Effects represents an author case ... Read more

    $22.79 USD