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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 is
noteworthy: 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 collection brings 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.
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