Writing With An Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Authors (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Last year, my mailman delivered a package containing a book; on the cover, a color photo revealed the author, a woman, youthful despite her white..." (more)
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...Edvige Giunta has much to talk about....Correcting cultural misconceptions is central to her work. -- The New York Times

I've hungered for a book like this! ...I've found it to be universal in many, many illuminating ways. -- Nancy Savoca, filmmaker

In language that is as lyrical as it is lucid, Edvige Giunta infuses new meaning into the voicing of accents.... -- Janet Zandy, professor of language and literature at Rochester Institute of Technology and author of What We Hold in Common: An Introduction to Working-Class Studies.

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Edvige Giunta's latest foray into the world of Italian-American women
writers is a compelling mixture of criticism, memoir and more.
-Fra Noi

Writing with an Accent makes a strong case that the Italian American
community has much to thank its women artists for.
-Women's Review of Books

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (January 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312294697
• ISBN-13: 978-0312294694
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,209,649 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breaking silences and giving voice to women's experiences, February 11, 2002

By	Mary Saracino (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Writing With An Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Authors (Hardcover)

Edvige Giunta writes eloquently of the nuances of ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality as it pertains to Italian American women writers. She has excavated the rich mother lode of an important cultural literary tradition that has too long been overlooked and undervalued. The literary "accent" that Giunta so keenly identifies lies in being "other", outside the mainstream, accepted elite, white male literary point-of-view. The candance of Italian American women's writing is deep and resonant and as diverse as the women who put pen to paper. It echoes our relationships to time, place, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation--and gives voice to our multi-varied identities. Giunta's book sheds light on an important literary lineage, identifying both established and emerging Italian American women writers. Her contribution to the Italian American literary criticism is invaulable and long overdue. Giunta's prose is as compelling as her thesis. This book speaks to scholars, writers, and readers of all backgrounds. Read it!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Light Emerging from the Smoky Darkness, January 16, 2003

By	Annaliza Ronquillo (Jersey City, NJ) - See all my reviews

I have had the pleasure of having Ms. Edvige Giunta as a professor and a mentor in my life. It was an experience that I hold and will always hold close to my heart. She had always been so supportive of my work and others' work that it filled me with immense joy when I heard that she published her own book. She is a brilliant writer and is quite eloquent and evocative when it comes to knitting two different cultures together, through the magic of her words and the gift of her heart. Read her book- I recommend it, a hundred times for eternal life and I guarantee that her vision will change your life...