LEADER 03361nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910953961303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781438429977 010 $a1438429975 010 $a9781441635440 010 $a1441635440 035 $a(CKB)2670000000016103 035 $a(OCoLC)560612707 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10574125 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335479 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11248668 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335479 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272859 035 $a(PQKB)11749056 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1660 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407263 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10574125 035 $a(DE-B1597)684143 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438429977 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407263 035 $a(Perlego)2673369 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000016103 100 $a20090430d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBy the breath of their mouths $enarratives of resistance in Italian America /$fMary Jo Bona 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series in Italian/American culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781438429960 311 08$a1438429967 311 08$a9781438429953 311 08$a1438429959 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tJustice/Giustizia -- $tFaith/Fede -- $tStory/Racconto -- $tLand/Terra -- $tHistory Singer/Cantastorie -- $tPrecursor/Precursore -- $tDeath/Morte -- $tRevival/Risorgimento -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn By the Breath of Their Mouths, Mary Jo Bona examines the oral uses of language and the liberating power of speech in Italian American writing, as well as its influences on generations of assimilated Italian American writers. Probing and wide-ranging, Bona's analysis reveals the lasting importance of storytelling and folk narrative, their impact on ethnic, working-class, and women's literatures, and their importance in shaping multiethnic literature. Drawing on a wide range of material from several genres, including oral biographies, fiction, film, poetry, and memoir, and grounded in recent theories of narrative and autobiography, postcolonial theory, and critical multiculturalism, By the Breath of Their Mouths is must reading for students in Italian American studies in particular and ethnic studies and multiethnic literature more generally. 410 0$aSUNY series in Italian/American culture. 606 $aAmerican literature$xItalian American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aItalian Americans in literature 606 $aItalian Americans$xIntellectual life 615 0$aAmerican literature$xItalian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aItalian Americans in literature. 615 0$aItalian Americans$xIntellectual life. 676 $a810.9/851 700 $aBona$b Mary Jo$01616743 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953961303321 996 $aBy the breath of their mouths$94352466 997 $aUNINA