Description |
1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Studies in gender and history ; 22
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Studies in gender and history ; 22.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: The Women of the South -- pt. I. Rural Women and Transnational Migration -- Ch. 1. Blood, Honour, and Belonging: The World of Rural Sicilians -- Ch. 2. 'Gone to America': Migrating Men and Abandoned Women -- Ch. 3. Motherhood, Marriage, and Migration -- Ch. 4. Fulfilling the Dream: Houses, Land, and Work -- pt. II. Shifting Borders, Shifting Identities -- Ch. 5. Sicilian Women and the Italian State -- Ch. 6. Beyond Sutera: Sicilian Women Join the Nation -- Conclusion: Gender, Migration, and Globalization. |
Summary |
"In this interdisciplinary study, Linda Reeder examines how the lives of rural Sicilian women changed as a result of male migration to the United States."--Jacket. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Rural women -- Italy -- Sicily -- Social conditions.
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Rural women. |
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Italy -- Sicily. |
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Social conditions. |
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Sicily (Italy) -- Rural conditions.
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Sicily (Italy) -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Reeder, Linda. Widows in white. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2003 0802037313 (DLC) 2003271534 (OCoLC)50110668 |
ISBN |
9781442683488 (electronic book) |
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1442683481 (electronic book) |
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0802037313 (bound) |
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0802085253 (paperback) |
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9780802037312 |
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9780802085252 |
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