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Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined, Chris Ruggiero
Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined, Chris Ruggiero
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
In the last twenty years there have been a number of historical and sociocultural studies of Italian Americans. Few, however, have seriously addressed the female experience in the Italian American culture.[1] Indeed, Italian American literature is so deeply immersed in a masculinist view of the Italian American culture that a female corrective to this asymmetry is not enough. Upon critically reviewing the literature, the necessity for a feminist perspective becomes obvious. Consequently, the purpose of this article is two-fold: 1 ) to expose some of the mythology which surrounds the image of Italian American women; and 2) to suggest a …
Critique [Of Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined By Chris Ruggiero], Gloria Eive
Critique [Of Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined By Chris Ruggiero], Gloria Eive
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Ruggiero's stated purpose is ". . . to expose . . . the mythology which surrounds the image of Italian American women . . ." through studies of Italian American women and the Italian American family in a "feminist framework." These new studies would offer "feminist method and content" and new, unconventional methodologies would provide a "female corrective" to the "masculinist bias [found in] traditional ethnic studies scholarship." Ruggiero's motives are laudable, but she fails to clarify either the "masculinist," "sex-typed" view point she criticizes or the new "feminist" methodology she advocates. A "selected review" of "traditional literature" she offers …
Critique [Of Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined By Chris Ruggiero], Gloria Lothrop
Critique [Of Reclaiming The Subject: Italian Women Self-Defined By Chris Ruggiero], Gloria Lothrop
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The results of the 1980 United States census indicate that about twelve million persons were reported as being partly or solely of Italian ancestry. One in twenty people in the United States or 5.4 percent of the total U.S. population claims Italian descent, representing the sixth largest group in the United States.