03187nam 2200637Ia 450 991081502200332120240417032910.01-4384-2997-51-4416-3544-0(CKB)2670000000016103(OCoLC)560612707(CaPaEBR)ebrary10574125(SSID)ssj0000335479(PQKBManifestationID)11248668(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335479(PQKBWorkID)10272859(PQKB)11749056(MiAaPQ)EBC3407263(MdBmJHUP)muse1660(Au-PeEL)EBL3407263(CaPaEBR)ebr10574125(DE-B1597)684143(DE-B1597)9781438429977(EXLCZ)99267000000001610320090430d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBy the breath of their mouths narratives of resistance in Italian America /Mary Jo Bona1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20101 online resource (317 p.) SUNY series in Italian/American cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4384-2995-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Justice/Giustizia -- Faith/Fede -- Story/Racconto -- Land/Terra -- History Singer/Cantastorie -- Precursor/Precursore -- Death/Morte -- Revival/Risorgimento -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn By the Breath of Their Mouths, Mary Jo Bona examines the oral uses of language and the liberating power of speech in Italian American writing, as well as its influences on generations of assimilated Italian American writers. Probing and wide-ranging, Bona's analysis reveals the lasting importance of storytelling and folk narrative, their impact on ethnic, working-class, and women's literatures, and their importance in shaping multiethnic literature. Drawing on a wide range of material from several genres, including oral biographies, fiction, film, poetry, and memoir, and grounded in recent theories of narrative and autobiography, postcolonial theory, and critical multiculturalism, By the Breath of Their Mouths is must reading for students in Italian American studies in particular and ethnic studies and multiethnic literature more generally.SUNY series in Italian/American culture.American literatureItalian American authorsHistory and criticismItalian Americans in literatureItalian AmericansIntellectual lifeAmerican literatureItalian American authorsHistory and criticism.Italian Americans in literature.Italian AmericansIntellectual life.810.9/851Bona Mary Jo1616743MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815022003321By the breath of their mouths3947622UNINA