Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Education, Work, and Home Life
Narratives of Nine Italian-American Women. Childhood, Work, and Marriage
''Why, It's Mother'' The Italian Mothers' Clubs of New York
Connecting Spheres. Women's Work and Women's Lives in Milwaukee's Italian Third Ward
Education in the Autobiographies of Four Italian Women Immigrants
Traditional Roles and Modern Work Patterns. Italian-American Women in New York City
Italian Americans, 1990-2000. A Demographic Analysis of National Data
Italian-Jewish Intermarriage. The Italian-American Spouse
Gender Relations among Italian Americans
Food, Recipes, Cookbooks, and Italian-American Life. An Introduction
The Tradition of Invention. Reading History through La cucina casareccia napoletana
Italian-American Cookbooks. From Oral to Print Culture
Immigrant Kitchens, Community Cookbooks, and Italian-American Life. An Introduction
A Taste of Memories
The Italian Immigrant Kitchen. A Journey into Identity
Literature
Transformation in the Verbal Art of Clementina Todesco
The Novels of Mari Tomasi
Breaking the Silence. An Interview with Tina De Rosa
Lucy Mancini. The New Woman
Foodways in Italian-American Narrative
In Our Ears, a Voice. The Persistence of the Trauma of Immigration in Blue Italian and Umbertina
Mary Caponegro, Prize-Winning American Writer in Rome
Mary di Michele's Elegies
Interview with Sandra (Mortola) Gilbert
Simona Griffo, Detective Hero A Series of ''Troublems''
Writing Life, Writing History. Italian-American Women and the Memoir
Art, Music, and Film
Concetta Scaravaglione, Italian-American Sculptor
Rosa Ponselle, Incomparable Diva
Nancy Savoca. An Appreciatio
Studies about Italian-American Women
Italian-American Women. A Review Essay
Materials from Arno Press. The Italian-American Woman
Italian Women in America. Sources for Study
Contributors
Index