Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Widows in white : migration and the transformation of rural Italian women, Sicily, 1880-1920 / Linda Reeder.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in gender and history ; 22.Publisher: Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations, map, charts, tablesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442683488 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Widows in white : migration and the transformation of rural Italian women, Sicily, 1880-1920.DDC classification:
  • 305.42/09458/091734 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1644.S53 .R443 2003
Online resources:
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Ebrary Online Books Ebrary Online Books Colombo Available CBEBK70003460
Ebrary Online Books Ebrary Online Books Jaffna Available JFEBK70003460
Ebrary Online Books Ebrary Online Books Kandy Available KDEBK70003460
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Tracing the changing notions of female and male in rural Sicily, Linda Reeder examines the lives of rural Sicilian women and the changes that took place as a result of male migration to the United States.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Focusing on the Sicilian town of Sutera, which had a significant repatriation rate, Reeder (Univ. of Missouri-Columbia) uses the prism of gender to analyze the impact of migration, industrialization, and globalization from 1880 to 1920, resulting in an excellent addition to current revisionist studies on the Italian south. The "white widows" left behind found new roles since they took part in the decisions of their Suteran husbands to migrate (many to Alabama), used remittances to better the family's social position through commerce, purchased real estate or participated in other aspects of consumer culture, and interacted with public institutions and other civic and national space as caretakers of children and home. Solidly based on archival materials, newspapers, and novels, this splendidly written piece of social and cultural history presents a highly nuanced view of Sicilian women and southern Italian society and serves as a model for further work using gendered history in assessing migration and globalization. Graphs, photos, and extensive up-to-date bibliography are most useful. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Public, college, and university libraries. M. S. Miller emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.