Beyond Cannery Row - Sicilian Women, Immigration, and Community in Monterey, California, 1915-99 (Paperback)

Presenting a nuanced story of women, migration, community, industry, and civic life at the turn of the twentieth century, Carol Lynn McKibben's Beyond Cannery Row analyzes the processes of migration and settlement of Sicilian fishers from three villages in Western Sicily to Monterey, California--and sometimes back again. McKibben's analysis of gender and gender roles shows that it was the women in this community who had the insight, the power, and the purpose to respond and even prosper amid changing economic conditions. Vividly evoking the immigrants' everyday experiences through first-person accounts and detailed description, McKibben demonstrates that the cannery work done by Sicilian immigrant women was crucial in terms of the identity formation and community development. These changes allowed their families to survive the challenges of political conflicts over citizenship in World War II and intermarriage with outsiders throughout the migration experience. The women formed voluntary associations and celebrated festas that effectively linked them with each other and with their home villages in Sicily. Continuous migration created a strong sense of transnationalism among Sicilians in Monterey, which has enabled them to continue as a viable ethnic community today.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Statue of Liberty Ellis Island
Release date:	2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Carol Lynn Mckibben
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-07300-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-252-07300-2
Barcode:	9780252073007

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