Women writing cloth : migratory fictions in the American imaginary / / Mary Jo Bona
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| Autore: |
Bona Mary Jo
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| Titolo: |
Women writing cloth : migratory fictions in the American imaginary / / Mary Jo Bona
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813.009/9287 |
| Soggetto topico: | American fiction - History and criticism |
| Women in literature | |
| Sewing in literature | |
| Embroidery in literature | |
| Working class women in literature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Women Writing Cloth: An Introduction; 2 Hester's Needle; 3 Sister's Choice and Celie's Quilted Eloquence in The Color Purple; 4 The Portable Rebozo; 5 Bernardi's Openwork and Italian Women's Diasporas; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Women Writing Cloth: Migratory Fictions in the American Imaginary argues that cloth-work serves as a textual signifier of mobility and preservation, constituting a revolt against a devaluation of cultural heritage and a distrust of the self. Bona develops a new framework for examining analogies between weaving and storytelling, the flow of needlework across place and time, women's labor and status, and the power of cloth-work as both means and metaphor for cultural reintegration across borders. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Women writing cloth |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-2586-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797771803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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