“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 voices that are loud, boisterous, sweet, savvy, and often
subversively funny. Drawing on personal and cultural memories rooted
in experiences of food, they dissolve conventional images, replacing
them with a sumptuous, communal feast of poetry, stories, and memoir.
This collection also delves into unexpected, sometimes shocking
terrain as these courageous authors bear witness to aspects of the
Italian American experience that normally go unspoken—mental
illness, family violence, incest, drug addiction, AIDS, and
environmental degradation. As provocative as it is appetizing,
“this collection of verse and prose pieces . . . reveals the
evocative and provocative power of food as event and as symbol, as
well as the diversity of these women’s lives and their ambivalence
regarding the role of nurturer” (Library Journal).
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ISBN
9781936932108
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
The Feminist Press at CUNY (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok