Italian Women And The City

Author : Janet Levarie Smarr,Daria Valentini
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0838639658

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Italian Women and the City by Janet Levarie Smarr,Daria Valentini Pdf

Studies of the city, and of women's experiences of the city, have focused primarily on modern times, especially as modernism was defined in large part by urban life. Italy, however, has a long history of urban-centered culture, and women have been a vocal part of that culture since the Renaissance. This volume, therefore, looks at the art and literature of both earlier and more modern periods to investigate the meanings of the city for Italian women, the intensely gendered meanings (for both sexes) of those city spaces that excluded women, and the conditions that permitted a limited permeability of gendered boundaries. Two aspects to the combination of "women" and "city" are salient to these investigations. One involves their metaphorical relationship. Urbs, citta, ville -- the words for city tend to be grammatically feminine, and a long tradition of representation associates the city. with a woman. Women, especially writers, could exploit, modify, or resist the prevailing uses of such metaphors. The second aspect of connection involves social realities. What was or is the relation of the (female) city with the real women who inhabit it? What kind of site has it provided for women seeking a satisfying life for themselves? How has art and literature, by men and by women, represented the relationship of female persons or characters to urban spaces?

Author : Jennifer Guglielmo
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0807898228

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Living the Revolution by Jennifer Guglielmo Pdf

Italians were the largest group of immigrants to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, and hundreds of thousands led and participated in some of the period's most volatile labor strikes. Jennifer Guglielmo brings to life the Italian working-class women of New York and New Jersey who helped shape the vibrant radical political culture that expanded into the emerging industrial union movement. Tracing two generations of women who worked in the needle and textile trades, she explores the ways immigrant women and their American-born daughters drew on Italian traditions of protest to form new urban female networks of everyday resistance and political activism. She also shows how their commitment to revolutionary and transnational social movements diminished as they became white working-class Americans.

Author : Miriam Cohen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801480051

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Workshop to Office by Miriam Cohen Pdf

Cohen examines shifting patterns in the family roles, work lives, and schooling of two generations of Italian-American women, paying particular attention to the importance of these women's pragmatic daily choices.

Author : Carol Bonomo Albright,Christine Palamidessi Moore
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780823231751

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American Woman, Italian Style by Carol Bonomo Albright,Christine Palamidessi Moore Pdf

With writings that span more than thirty-five years, American Woman, Italian Style is a rich collection of essays that fleshes out the realities of today's Italian American women and explores the myriad ways they continue to add to the American experience. The status of modern Italian-American women in the United States isnoteworthy: their quiet and continued growth into respected positions in the professional worlds of law and medicine surpasses the success achieved in that of the general population-so too does their educational attainment and income.Contributions include Donna Gabaccia on the oral-to-written history of cookbooks, Carol Helstosky on the Tradition of Invention, an interview with Sandra Gilbert, Paul Levitt's look at Lucy Mancini as a metaphor for the modern world, William Egelman's survey of women's work patterns, and Edvige Giunta on the importance of a selfconscious understanding of memory. There are explorations of Jewish-Italian intermarriages and interpretations of entrepreneurship in Milwaukee. Readers will find challenges to common assumptions and stereotypes, departures from normal samplings, and springboards to further research.American Woman, Italian Style: Italian Americana's Best Writings on Women offers unique insights into issues of gender and ethnicity and is a voice for the less heard and less seen side of the Italian-American experience from immigrant times to the present. Instead of seeking consensus or ideological orthodoxy, this collectionbrings together writers with a wide range of backgrounds, outlooks, ideas, and experiences. It is an impressive postmodern collection for interdisciplinary studies: a book and a look about being and becoming an American.

Author : Louise C. (Louise Christine) Odencrantz
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290149445

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Italian Women in Industry; a Study of Conditions in New York City by Louise C. (Louise Christine) Odencrantz Pdf

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Author : Louise C 1884-1969 Odencrantz
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021948675

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Italian Women in Industry by Louise C 1884-1969 Odencrantz Pdf

This groundbreaking study examines the lives of Italian women working in industry in New York City during the early 20th century. Drawing on interviews with workers and extensive research, the authors shed light on the challenges faced by these women and the impact of their work on their families and communities. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Louise Christine Odencrantz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Italian American women
ISBN : UOMDLP:0953120:0001.001

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Italian Women in Industry by Louise Christine Odencrantz Pdf

Author : Laura Di Bianco
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253064677

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Wandering Women by Laura Di Bianco Pdf

Wandering Women: Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking explores the work of contemporary Italian women directors from feminist and ecological perspectives. Mostly relegated to the margins of the cultural scene, and concerned with women's marginality, the compelling films Wandering Women sheds light on tell stories of displacement and liminality that unfold through the act of walking in the city. The unusual emptiness of the cities that the nomadic female protagonists traverse highlights the absence of, and their wish for, life-sustaining communities. Laura Di Bianco contends that women's urban filmmaking—while articulating a claim for belonging and asserting cinematic and social agency—brings into view landscapes of the Anthropocene, where urban decay and the erasure of nature intersect with human alienation. Though a minor cinema, it is also a powerful movement of resistance against the dominant male narratives about the world we inhabit. Based on interviews with directors, Wandering Women deepens the understanding of contemporary Italian cinema while enriching the field of feminist ecocritical literature.

Author : Louise C 1884-1969 Odencrantz
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019887060

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Italian Women in Industry by Louise C 1884-1969 Odencrantz Pdf

This groundbreaking study examines the lives of Italian women working in industry in New York City during the early 20th century. Drawing on interviews with workers and extensive research, the authors shed light on the challenges faced by these women and the impact of their work on their families and communities. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Louise C. Odencrantz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1330637305

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Italian Women in Industry by Louise C. Odencrantz Pdf

Excerpt from Italian Women in Industry: A Study of Conditions in New York City About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Paola Tinagli
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997-06-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 071904054X

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Women in Italian Renaissance Art by Paola Tinagli Pdf

This is the first book which gives a general overview of women as subject-matter in Italian Renaissance painting. It presents a view of the interaction between artist and patron, and also of the function of these paintings in Italian society of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Using letters, poems, and treatises, it examines through the eyes of the contemporary viewer the way women were represented in paintings.

Author : Louise C. 1884-1969 Odencrantz
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1289824908

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Italian Women in Industry by Louise C. 1884-1969 Odencrantz Pdf

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author : Caroline Moorehead
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735279735

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A House in the Mountains by Caroline Moorehead Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The extraordinary story of four courageous women who helped form the Italian Resistance against the Nazis and the Fascists during the Second World War. In the late summer of 1943, when Italy changed sides in WWII and the Germans, now their enemies, occupied the north of the country, an Italian Resistance was born. Ada, Frida, Silvia and Bianca were four young Piedmontese women who joined the Resistance, living secretively in the mountains surrounding Turin. They were not alone. Between 1943 and 1945, as the Allies battled their way north, thousands of men and women throughout occupied Italy rose up and fought to liberate their country from the German invaders and their Fascist collaborators. What made the partisan war all the more extraordinary was the number of women in its ranks. The bloody civil war that ensued across the country pitted neighbour against neighbour, and brought out the best and worst in Italian society. The courage shown by the partisans was exemplary, and eventually bound them together as a coherent fighting force. And the women's contribution was invaluable—they fought, carried messages and weapons, provided safe houses, laid mines and took prisoners. Ada's house deep in the mountains became a meeting place and refuge for many of them. The death rattle of Mussolini's two decades of Fascist rule—with its corruption, greed and anti-Semitism—was unrelentingly violent and brutal, but for the partisan women it was also a time of camaraderie and equality, pride and optimism. They would prove, to themselves and to the world, what resolve, tenacity and above all exceptional courage could achieve.

Author : Susan Amatangelo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611479546

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Italian Women at War by Susan Amatangelo Pdf

Italian Women at War: Sisters in Arms from Unification to the Twentieth Century offers diverse perspectives on Italian women’s participation in war and conflict throughout Italy’s modern history, contributing to the ongoing scholarly conversation on this topic. Part one of the book focuses on heroines who fought for Italy’s Unification and on the anti-heroines, or brigantesse, who opposed such a momentous change. Part two considers exceptional individuals, such as Eva Kühn Amendola, who combatted both with her body and her pen, as well as collective female efforts during the world wars, whether military or civilian. In part three, where the context is twentieth-century society, the focus shifts to those women engaged in less conventional conflicts who resorted to different forms of revolt, including active non-violence. All of the women presented across these chapters engage in combat to protest a particular state of affairs and effect change, yet their weapons range from the literal, like Peppa La Cannoniera’s cannon, to the metaphorical, like Letizia Battaglia’s camera. Several of the essays in this volume discuss fictional heroines who appear in works of literature and film, though all are based on actual women and reference real historical contexts. Italian Women at War furthers the efforts begun decades ago to recognize Italian women combatants, especially in light of the recent anniversary of the Unification in 2011 and global discussions regarding the role of women in the military. Its aim is not to glorify violence and war, but to celebrate the active role of Italian women in the evolution of their nation and to demystify the idea of the woman warrior, who has always been viewed either as an extraordinary, almost mythical creature or as an affront to the traditional feminine identity.

Author : Wendy Pojmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351928571

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Immigrant Women and Feminism in Italy by Wendy Pojmann Pdf

The influx of female migrants to Europe has posed challenges to established European feminist movements. In this book the author assesses the significance of female immigration to Italy and its impact on Italian feminism by analyzing the way in which immigrant and Italian women have constructed their relationships over the past 30 years. The book provides comprehensive overviews of the Italian women's movement and the history of immigration to Italy before examining the formation of immigrant women's groups, the treatment of immigrant women by Italian women's associations, and the forging of new relationships in multicultural women's organizations. Broader comparisons on European migration are made to contextualize immigration to Italy and Southern Europe more generally. By drawing from a variety of research materials such as structured interviews, participant observation and empirical data, the book contributes to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gender, migration and contemporary Italian history. The book is of interest for scholars and postgraduates in the fields of women and gender studies, migration studies and contemporary European history.