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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 collection of creative work by authors of Italian
origin and academic essays. The creative works from thirty-seven
contributors include memoir, poetry, and visual arts while the
collection as a whole explores a multitude of experiences about and
approaches to needlework and immigration from a transnational
perspective, spanning the late nineteenth century to the late
twentieth century.
At the center of the book, over thirty illustrations represent
Italian immigrant women's needlework. The text reveals the many
processes by which a simple object, or even the memory of that
object, becomes something else through literary, visual,
performance, ethnographic, or critical reimagining. While primarily
concerned with interpretations of needlework rather than the
needlework itself, the editors and contributors to "Embroidered
Stories" remain mindful of its history and its associated cultural
values, which Italian immigrants brought with them to the United
States, Canada, Australia, and Argentina and passed on to their
descendants.
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
study and an example for modern Italian American interdisciplinary
scholarship. Personal Effects examines DeSalvo's memoirs as works
that push the boundaries of the most controversial genre of the
past few decades. In these works, the author fearlessly explores
issues such as immigration, domesticity, war, adultery, illness,
mental health, sexuality, the environment, and trauma through the
lens of gender, ethnic, and working-class identity. Alongside her
groundbreaking scholarship, DeSalvo's memoirs attest to the power
and influence of this feminist Italian American writer.
Writing with an Accent explores the variety of uses of ethnic voice in the narratives of contemporary Italian American women. Writers such as Mary Cappello, Louise DeSalvo, Agnes Rossi, Helen Barolini, Tina De Rosa, and Sandra M. Gilbert enact, in their works, a self-silencing of ethnic voice, critically modifying accepted representations and mythologies of Italian American culture through distinct and inventive narrative inflections. Accent, that which emphasizes and alters language, functions as the cultural and metaphorical lens through which Giunta reads a rich body of work that is still awaiting widespread recognition.
Candid and intimate accounts of the factory-worker tragedy that
shaped American labor rights On 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 "waists." The fire killed 146 workers in a mere 15 minutes
but pierced the perpetual conscience of citizens everywhere. The
Asch Building had been considered a modern fireproof structure, but
inadequate fire safety regulations left the workers inside
unprotected. The tragedy of the fire, and the resulting movements
for change, were pivotal in shaping workers' rights and unions. A
powerful collection of diverse voices, Talking to the Girls:
Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Fire brings together
stories from writers, artists, activists, scholars, and family
members of the Triangle workers. Nineteen contributors from across
the globe speak of a singular event with remarkable impact. One
hundred and eleven years after the tragic incident, Talking to the
Girls articulates a story of contemporary global relevance and
stands as an act of collective testimony: a written memorial to the
Triangle victims.
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
study and an example for modern Italian American interdisciplinary
scholarship.
Personal Effects examines DeSalvo's memoirs as works that push the
boundaries of the most controversial genre of the past few decades.
In these works, the author fearlessly explores issues such as
immigration, domesticity, war, adultery, illness, mental health,
sexuality, the environment, and trauma through the lens of gender,
ethnic, and working-class identity. Alongside her groundbreaking
scholarship, DeSalvo's memoirs attest to the power and influence of
this feminist Italian American writer.
This anthology gathers fiction, poetry, memoirs, oral histories,
and journalistic pieces by some of the best Italian American
writers to chronicle the Italian American experience in the Garden
State. The collection features male and female writers whose work
focuses on Italian American life and the distinctive culture of New
Jersey, which long has been home to a large and vital Italian
American community. Filled with passion, humor, and grace, these
writings depict a variety of experiences, including poignant but
failed attempts at conformity and the alienation often felt by
ethnic Americans. The authors also speak of the strength gained
through the preservation of their communities and the realization
that it is often the difference from the norm that helps them
succeed. Although it deals with only one ethnic group, the volume
addresses in microcosm the complexities of American identity,
depicting situations and conveying emotions that will resonate with
people of all immigrant ancestries. Italian American Writers on New
Jersey features writers who have a national following, such as Gay
Talese, Tom Perrotta, Louise DeSalvo, and Maria Laurino, as well as
lesser-known authors. The volume moves beyond stereotypes,
providing a fresh perspective on the diversity, complexity, and
richness of Italian American experiences. Publication of this book
is made possible in part by a grant from the Institute of Italian
and Italian American Heritage Studies, State of New Jersey.
Candid and intimate accounts of the factory-worker tragedy that
shaped American labor rights On 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 "waists." The fire killed 146 workers in a mere 15 minutes
but pierced the perpetual conscience of citizens everywhere. The
Asch Building had been considered a modern fireproof structure, but
inadequate fire safety regulations left the workers inside
unprotected. The tragedy of the fire, and the resulting movements
for change, were pivotal in shaping workers' rights and unions. A
powerful collection of diverse voices, Talking to the Girls:
Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Fire brings together
stories from writers, artists, activists, scholars, and family
members of the Triangle workers. Nineteen contributors from across
the globe speak of a singular event with remarkable impact. One
hundred and eleven years after the tragic incident, Talking to the
Girls articulates a story of contemporary global relevance and
stands as an act of collective testimony: a written memorial to the
Triangle victims.
This widely acclaimed memoir is a vivid account of a young Italian
American girl's struggle to transcend the limits imposed on her
life and documents the making of a working-class writer and
scholar.
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 collection of creative work by authors of Italian
origin and academic essays. The creative works from thirty-seven
contributors include memoir, poetry, and visual arts while the
collection as a whole explores a multitude of experiences about and
approaches to needlework and immigration from a transnational
perspective, spanning the late nineteenth century to the late
twentieth century. At the center of the book, over thirty
illustrations represent Italian immigrant women's needlework. The
text reveals the many processes by which a simple object, or even
the memory of that object, becomes something else through literary,
visual, performance, ethnographic, or critical reimagining. While
primarily concerned with interpretations of needlework rather than
the needlework itself, the editors and contributors to Embroidered
Stories remain mindful of its history and its associated cultural
values, which Italian immigrants brought with them to the United
States, Canada, Australia, and Argentina and passed on to their
descendants.
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